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0 pointsdingo_bat10y ago0 comments

>no ISPs are implementing slow/fast lanes

How do we know that? And even if they aren't, they will start doing it.

This was a great chance to disallow all of that crap but instead TRAI has been tempted to regulate voice apps, a task that they are simply incapable of performing effectively anyway.

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cmadan10y ago

The new regulations by TRAI does not mention anything about regulation of voice apps (or about slow/fast lanes).

I think you have misinterpreted the comment by SaveTheInternet.in. What they're saying is that while differential pricing has been dealt with in accordance with NN principles, there are two more battles which are going to be fought i.e. i. Defeating the proposal to regulate voice apps ii. Ensuring that no slow/fast lanes are there on the Internet.

Its a "yes, we won a major battle but the war is not over yet" caution. Not an indictment on what TRAI is going to do for voice apps & slow/fast lanes.

sandGorgon10y ago

I would argue that the voip issue is not a neutrality one but a national security one. The reason for obtaining a license us not financial but law enforcement oversight.

I'm not justifying either way, but I don't think it has anything to do with neutrality in its economic sense

cmadan10y ago

The proposal to regulate VoIP apps is before TRAI only because of lobbying by telcos who are still in denial over the world moving towards data and want to hold onto their voice call revenues.

I'm not sure what purpose licensing will serve from a law enforcement perspective. Banning VoIP apps that refuse to apply for a license will be like playing whack-a-mole as people can easily add a VPN to get around it or the service can intelligently route traffic to get around the ban.

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0 pointsdingo_bat10y ago0 comments

>no ISPs are implementing slow/fast lanes

How do we know that? And even if they aren't, they will start doing it.

This was a great chance to disallow all of that crap but instead TRAI has been tempted to regulate voice apps, a task that they are simply incapable of performing effectively anyway.

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cmadan10y ago

The new regulations by TRAI does not mention anything about regulation of voice apps (or about slow/fast lanes).

Its a "yes, we won a major battle but the war is not over yet" caution. Not an indictment on what TRAI is going to do for voice apps & slow/fast lanes.

sandGorgon10y ago

I would argue that the voip issue is not a neutrality one but a national security one. The reason for obtaining a license us not financial but law enforcement oversight.

I'm not justifying either way, but I don't think it has anything to do with neutrality in its economic sense

cmadan10y ago

The proposal to regulate VoIP apps is before TRAI only because of lobbying by telcos who are still in denial over the world moving towards data and want to hold onto their voice call revenues.

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