Let's fight for Net Neutrality before it becomes necessary. E-Mail the TRAI now.
Pirate Praveen
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So, the first thing you can do is to e-mail th TRAI on their comments email, which is : advqos@trai.gov.in You probably shouldn't copypasta someone else's email on this as it will lead to them beleiving that a few people are spamming their inbox. Some tooltips on what to write would be:
Some tooltips on what to write would be:
Refer to the recent Net Neutrality agitation, and the subsequent FCC ruling,
Talk about how loss of revenue to Telecos should not be the bar to progress,
Talk about how Net Neutrality laws have already been enacted in The Netherlands after a similar agitation there,
If you want to, talk about how rulings in favour of allowing said regulation are anti-development, and not what you expect from the Government.
What else can I do?
You can tweet the issue out and raise publicity. Since this ruling affects widely used services such as WhatsApp and Skype, more people should be willing to listen.
Dude all this takes too long.
Well, yeah, you can either take 5 minutes now or bitch endlessly later. It's your choice.
https://www.reddit.com/r/india/comments/30lz1p/lets_fight_for_net_neutrality_before_it_becomes/
[deactivated account] Mon 27 Apr 2015 1:07AM
@akshay "There’s a reddit discussion just trending about #FacebookBlackout but this has to be really coordinated." ..
just noticed this post of yours .. is this for real? have you been following this up? .. cuz if this is for real , we might wanna try and spread the word around as much as we could ..
Akshay Mon 27 Apr 2015 2:41AM
Apparently there were many events on Facebook itself for a blackout on 24th. Some people deactivated their account on that day. But I have no idea how that'd be visible :P
[deactivated account] Tue 28 Apr 2015 12:05PM
And TRAI publishes the email addresses of everyone who mailed them regarding net neutrality.. Including their full name and the content of the email!.. So much for privacy!..
Pirate Praveen · Thu 23 Apr 2015 4:11AM
If Facebook wants to do charity, let them give free data packs and promote Facebook. They can say sponsored by Facebook.com and give ads when packs are activated. Blocking other websites is not acceptable. Prashant Sugathan mentioned this yesterday "when Wikipedia started, if Encyclopedia Britannica was free rated, and they had to pay for Wikipedia, would Wikipedia have become what it is today?"
Everyone wants to believe they are the last word on everything. What if we can still make a better encyclopedia? Wikipedia Zero is still okay on its own, if it was not used to legitimize internet.org. Facebook is misusing Wikipedia's good will for their own self interest. It is sad Jimmy Wales can't see it for what it is.