It is 21st century, people are e-Smart here i.e. electronically empowered and smart. They are also aware of the fact that ' There are no free lunches'. In 21st century, where the entire economy is driven by internet, it is a source of revenue and information, we all are becoming Internet Slaves still our emotions dominate and we fall in a trap thrown by Mr. Mark Zukerberg and demand for Free Basics!
There is no rocket science to understand the concepts, we simply need to make our logic dominate our emotions.
Voice your opinion but voice it intelligently!
Net Neutrality: It is like using your data pack of 1GB the way you want i.e. neutral net with respect to content like Facebook, booking tickets, searching for job, watching porn and all the kinky stuff that you can do on internet without any restriction (other than the legal) just by paying for the data plan.
Free Basics: It is like that 200MB WhatsApp plan for Rs.6/-, etc where though the basic stuff is free but it is highly restricted with respect to content. Assume what will happen to the hits on your blog when the content is restricted by the ISPs like Airtel, Vodafone, etc if you don't pay them a handsome amount to make your webpage free or available at low cost to your users! This is Free Basics, where basic net access is free but the user will have to pay for the content s/he needs to access.
-Arian
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