Dear TRAI,

Pursuant to my perusal of your Consultation Paper on Regulation of Over-The-Top (OTT) services (http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReaddata/ConsultationPaper/Document/OTT-CP-27032015.pdf), 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; what services we can access, and how much to pay for; and how companies, communities, governments and citizens can innovate through e-governance, eLearning, telemedicine, access to media & entertainment and critical online citizen services.

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 or purpose or end usage. 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 just as access to clean drinking water, clean air are inviolable rights of every human being, it is vital too for me and to every other Indian citizen to have access to Net Neutrality based Internet. I would like to see Internet to be kept free and protected under Net Neutrality to ensure fair and equal access for all and forever.

Regards,

Vijay Xavier

Founder Director

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VAXEL Solutions Private Limited

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