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India's ISPs Want Payola from Big Portals

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the tell-you-one-thing-slashdot-ain't-payin dept.

knorthern knight writes "Story on The Register. America's biggest content providers could face a toll to enter India cyberspace, if plans mooted by the Indian ISP trade association bear fruit. Although the Internet Service Providers Association of India is split on the issue, several of the larger ISPs want to block access to eBay, MSN or Yahoo! unless the prociders pay a toll. 'In order to increase revenue streams we should ask [the portals] to pay if they want traffic on their sites from India,' reports the Hindustani Times."

5 of 338 comments (clear)

  1. Prediction: by tuxedo-steve · · Score: 3, Funny

    This ridiculous feint at getting some quick cash by the Indian ISPs will be forgotten by this time next month.

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    - SMJ - (It's not just a name: it's a bad aftertaste.)
  2. And then the other shoe drops ... by Tjp($)pjT · · Score: 3, Funny


    Indian Isp Organization (IIO): Pay or we block your portal!
    MSN: Are you sure about that?
    IIO: PAY US OR WE BLOCK YOU!
    MSN: Block us and we block India.
    IIO: OK, maybe not.

    The Internet is self healing. It is designed to route around problems. Play nice children.

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    - Tjp

    I am in wallow with my inner money grubbing capitalistic pig. ... Oink!

  3. Re:Won't work by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I wish an ISP in my area would block /. I'd get a lot more done.

  4. Block only the ads by codexus · · Score: 5, Funny

    The solution is simple: Block the ads from those portals.
    That's even worse for the portal and the ISP customers are happy.

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    True warriors use the Klingon Google
  5. Re:Payola huh... by ArizonaBay · · Score: 4, Funny

    Agreed. I want to go back to the good ol' days '90s when internet-based companies didn't care about making money. :)