Dear TRAI,
Why net neutrality should stay? I explain it by creating an analogous comparison of the Internet to the road network.
Internet is like a road network. Computers/mobiles are like homes and the big websites like Google, Facebook are like big malls where a lot of people like to go. Whenever you surf Facebook, a small automatic car uses the roads to reach the "Facebook mall" and the mall sends another car back with a lot of entertaining material along with it.
Internet service provider (airtel, bsnl) is like a road builder. They invested lots of money in building roads around your house, but note that they don't own the entire road network. They just own the roads around your house. They don't even own the roads around the "Facebook mall".
Now, imagine the road builder asks you to pay extra fees based on which mall you are going. Or he tells you that you can only use the road for free if you are going to the "Facebook mall" but if you are going to the "Youtube mall" you have to pay extra. Or if you are visiting a friends place (torrents/tor/P2P messengers) , you have to pay a lot extra.
This is what the principle of "net neutrality" says: we respect you (ISPs), for building the roads around our house, but let us roam freely in the world once we pay the toll tax.
Removing Net neutrality 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 would like to see it kept free and protected under Net Neutrality to ensure fair and equal access for all and forever. Regards,
Jatin Bansal