Dear TRAI, I am writing to express my concern against the actions that telecom carriers are taking to restrict fair access to the internet (Net Neutrality). I believe the internet is a vital resource - it helps me communicate, work, and thrive as a citizen. If telecom operators can discriminate internet traffic on the basis of which services pay the most, we are allowing telcos control over a vital and necessary technological resource. By doing so we allow them to define what information we can view; what entertainment we can access; and how companies can innovate.

           This is completely unfair and harms India's long term role in the global market. I strongly believe the growth of telecoms and the well-being of the internet can go hand-in-hand. I'm asking for a framework to ensure long term and fair access for all services regardless of size. I want my generation and those that come after me to have unfettered access to the Internet, with no telcos or ISPs having the ability to charge for specific services I use on top of it. 

            Please understand that the internet is an important resource and vital to me and to every other Indian citizen. I am a 15 year old student, and the Internet has helped mould my personality for the better, given me global exposure and provided me with a lot of knowledge. I would like to see it kept free and protected under Net Neutrality to ensure fair and equal access for all and forever. I will not stand to see something I have the complete right to, taken away from me just because some companies were not innovative enough and now want to be greedy just because they are slowly not doing as well as they were. It's not right and I will not stand by it, but in fact will spread this message and spread how the TRAI is supporting such a ridiculous thing, something that is even illegal in the USA if I may add, to happen.

Regards,

Husein Haveliwala,

Citizen of India.