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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."

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  1. FIRST POSTTT!!! by SystematicPsycho · · Score: -1, Troll

    first POST!!!

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    1. Re:FIRST POSTTT!!! by SystematicPsycho · · Score: -1, Troll

      stupid slashdot doesn't let you post for 20 seconds till after the story has been posted, I posted on 19

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    2. Re:FIRST POSTTT!!! by m0rph3us0 · · Score: 0, Troll

      I can't believe im even responding to this, but there is a reason for that, its so that people don't do first post crap because no one wants to read FIRST POST!!!!!, well im sure someone does, maybe I should setup a mirror of the /. front page with my own SQL back end for those that wish to have a first second... ninety ninth post competition. I'm hoping that your post was a joke

    3. Re:FIRST POSTTT!!! by SystematicPsycho · · Score: 0, Troll

      I can't believe I'm responding either, but no matter what the delay ppl are still going to post. First posts usually dissapear after 5 mins anyway with more important stuff

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  2. Re:Sheya, right, as if by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why would MSN and Yahoo want to attract programmers? What the hell has that got to do with anything?

    Fuckin yanks, you are NOT AT THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE! At least your capitalist masters understand that even if the rest of you peons don't. There are a few hundred million *consumers* there to buy whatever useless shite MSN is peddling. That's what they're after.

    You fucking cretin.

  3. Now Seriously... by SystematicPsycho · · Score: 0, Troll

    Isn't he average network bandwidth for a user at home in India like 28.8kbps??

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  4. Re:Won't work by hatchet · · Score: 0, Troll

    You'd switch to other ISP? Even if it was twice as expensive? For few shitty portals?! This blocking thing is very good idea.. ISPs would then get money from internet giants like ebay, yahoo, ... instead of users. It makes internet cheaper for us.

  5. It's not NICE but... by AndyChrist · · Score: 0, Troll

    Seriously, GOOD RIDDANCE. Have you used Yahoo chat in the last two years? If so, you know what a nuisance all those belligerant, retarded cyber-seekers from India (and pakistan and bangladesh) can be.

    They will not be missed by the other users, for the most part.

  6. This is actually good news. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This will show those Indian's that no one in the US really cares about them. With a lot of engineers pissed because of H1Bs and they're completely asshole nature, they'll see that they just lost the battle.

    Why would ebay care if they have 1 Billion people, if only a couple million (that live there) tops will purchase anything from ebay.

    When I worked for a web hosting company (until I quit 8mo ago) we rarely saw anything from india percentage wise. Italy more than quadrupled their percentage.

    I have met a few Indian people I found nice. Most of them in college were complete jerks. Most of the TA's where Indian. Ironically, the Pakistani people where very nice and polite. What's even better is that they didn't associate with the Indians at all.

  7. Indians Smell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I hope Pakistan nukes India soon. They're all worthless swine.