India Faces Its First Major Net Neutrality Issue

Posted by timothy on Friday December 26, 2014 @06:08PM from the right-to-pay-for-extras dept.

New submitter Siddharth Srinivas writes Bharti Airtel Ltd, India's largest telecommunications carrier by subscribers, will soon start charging users extra money for using services such as Skype, as Indian operators look to boost their data network and revenues. The Telecom Regulation Authority of India (TRAI) is no stranger to Net Neutrality, having sent a note to the ISPs in 2006 suggesting a position for Net Neutrality. TRAI had also recently rejected a proposal by Airtel and other operators the right to charge for free services such as Whatsapp. Consumers await TRAI's response to Airtel's new pricing. With no laws enforcing net neutrality in India. India's Net Neutrality discussions have just begun, with proponents rapidly trying to increase awareness.

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Re: Raise a stink and vote with your poket by Anonymous Coward · 2014-12-26 19:16 · Score: 3, Informative

et Airtel know how you feel. Doesn't matter if you ultimately switch to another provider or not. Initiate porting by sending SMS.
SMS to: 1900
SMS body: PORT
example:
Send
PORT 9623456789
to 1900
This is initial step of porting. By doing this airtel will know you are willing to switch to some other provider. If you get a callback explain them why you are switching.
If they get enough people threatening to change from Airtel, they will reconsider.