Question 1:
Ans: Any regulatory framework which breaks the principles of Net Neutrality
should NEVER be adopted, neither now nor in the future.
Question 2:
Ans: NEVER because it will hamper consumer choice, stifle growth of new
kinds of products and services, and impede India’s economic progress. For
example, if airline companies decide to offer online customer service
through voice chat, an already heavily taxed and loss-making industry
should not have to take another license.
Question 3:
Ans: Radio channels cannot tax television channels for reduction in
revenue. Even if OTT players are impacting the traditional revenue streams
of TSPs, the TSPs cannot tax OTT services. Market forces should allow TSPs
to reach a profitable price-point. TSPs need to invest in the quality and
expansion of their existing products. TSPs need to explore outside their
traditional revenue streams. India’s economy needs to favour innovative
companies’ not outdated incumbents with vested interests.
Question 4:
ANSWER: OTT players should NEVER pay TSPs for anything that can entail the
violation of principles of Net Neutrality.
Question 5:
ANSWER: The Internet IS a levelled playing field for everybody. In today’s
world, OTT players do not operate solely in the virtual world but, on the
contrary, interact with “REAL” world products and services, and result in
creation of innumerable jobs. In an ever more connected world, any law or
regulation which breaks this ‘FLAT’ and ‘NEUTRAL’ nature of the Internet
would harm economic growth.
Question 6:
ANSWER: This question requires a completely separate debate in itself.
First and foremost, governments and all companies should respect and uphold
the consumer’s Right to Privacy. If we lose privacy, we lose freedom itself
because we no longer feel free to express what we think. India cannot be
allowed to become a complete surveillance state which taps every OTT
service which a consumer accesses. Second, OTT services should be allowed
to freely combine and bundle online communication services within
applications, and shouldn't be forced to keep data records. For example, an
online vegetable ordering service should not be forced to save online
communications between a buyer and seller.
Question 7:
ANSWER: All OTT services should adopt state of the art security standards
in online communication. And they should keep consumers informed about the
right privacy and security choices. In fact, the government should be
pro-active in making companies aware of such practices.
Question 8:
ANSWER: As already answered, NO regulatory framework is required which
violates Net Neutrality.
Question 9:
ANSWER: A FREE and OPEN Internet is a pillar of democracy and our
fundamental right. Internet service providers and governments should treat
ALL data on the internet EQUALLY, not discriminating or charging
differentially by user, content site, platform, application, type of
attached equipment, or modes of communication.
Question 10:
ANSWER: Any kind of traffic discrimination or management practices should
never violate principles of Net Neutrality. And TSPs should be completely
transparent about their traffic management principles.
Question 11:
ANSWER: Again, any case by case traffic management of OTT applications,
even if it is transparent, violates Net Neutrality. So, this question won’t
arise if TRAI ensures Network Neutrality.
Question 12:
ANSWER: Free market forces should allow TSPs to reach a price-point where
they can profitably invest in network infrastructure. As a municipal water
supply does not charge companies making washing machines and does not tax
people for using these machines, similarly OTT players should be given a
free market to flourish.
Question 13:
ANSWER: Again, DO NOT violate the principles of Net Neutrality.
Question 14:
ANSWER: Again, DO NOT violate the principles of Net Neutrality.
Question 15:
ANSWER: ALL data on the Internet is EQUAL. ALL bits are bits, NO need to
segregate OTT players. TSPs need to focus on improving their existing
products and quality of service.
Question 16:
ANSWER: Ensure that the principles of Net Neutrality are upheld. TSPs with
vested interests should NEVER be able to impede consumer access to any app.
Question 17:
ANSWER: Again, NO regulatory framework required. NO segregation of OTT
players required. NO traffic discrimination required. ALL bits are bits.
DON’T hamper industry growth. Uphold Net Neutrality.
Question 18:
ANSWER: Again, NO regulatory framework required. DON’T hamper industry
growth. Uphold Net Neutrality.
Question 19:
ANSWER: Again, NO regulatory framework required. DON’T segregate or
discriminate OTT players. DON’T hamper consumer choice. DON’T hamper
industry growth. Uphold Net Neutrality.
Question 20:
ANSWER: Uphold Net Neutrality. Uphold an Open Internet. Uphold the
citizens’ Right to Freedom of Speech
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