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.

Giving the telecom companies such privileges is wrong and I believe that doing that is synonymous to forcing people into a way of living, simply put in a single word, slavery.
I also believe, being a developing country and the country with highest young population, there are innovations that need a chance to see the light of day which they might not due to this proposal that you are planning to agree upon. And I think that such kind of regulation requires highest levels of responsible thinking and equally responsible actions which we know will never be displayed by these profit minded telecom companies.

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 would like to see it kept free and protected under Net Neutrality to ensure fair and equal access for all and forever.

Regards,
Goutham