Dear TRAI,

I own a smartphone and have been using mobile internet for almost 3 years now and wish to continue to do so, but it seems you don't wish to work for the interests of the people of India, but rather the rich telecom companies.

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 telcoms 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 telcoms 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. 

I wish that I be only charged for quality(speed) and quantity(bandwidth) of date, not for what I use that data for.

And these telecoms have failed to innovate, their 3g services are no better than 2g services, they have plenty of money, they are for profit companies that use our airwaves because we allowed them to do so. I shall dictate , not them.

Thank You,

Jai Kumar Banthia