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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/16/2015 10:31 PM, Vikas Tara
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<blockquote cite="mid:552FEAD3.60200@hamaralinux.org" type="cite">On
16/04/15 16:53, shirish wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">Hi all,
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Hamaralinux.org as a start-up would be adversely effected if
TRAI alters the provisions of net neutrality as it stands
today/now. The document as shared by Akshay sometime back
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GEKgyavvM_HaQWPEuhwD3M-kEOX2dZXFz5gb1t-uge4/">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GEKgyavvM_HaQWPEuhwD3M-kEOX2dZXFz5gb1t-uge4/</a>
could be used as a starting point as well as points generated by
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.savetheinternet.in/">http://www.savetheinternet.in/</a> along with the pictures, parodies
(for instance the one by Amul) all of which will go a long way
in telling what we believe in.
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Optionally we could also use liberally or otherwise the logos
for savetheinternet.org when people are signing up for the
mailing list.
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I am in the process of generating my own set of replies on an
individual level to TRAI's set of 20 questions which they have
posed as well. Will encourage others to join there as well.
Possibly will answer all between today and tomorrow.
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Looking for feedback and what people think of the above.
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Agree - I did attend the online meeting by the savetheinternet.in
guys earlier this week and retweeted them. See
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://twitter.com/hamaralinux">https://twitter.com/hamaralinux</a>.
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I also said that we would carry their banners on our website.
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I think we should also, as you say, have a very public stance on
this - so maybe a page on the website?
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Agree with that. The easiest way would be to dump/share all the
existing petitions and what not which are there on the web, link to
them along with some of the infommercials (the AIB show on Net
neutrality) and things like that. That would be good because it
would be pretty much integration of what content already is
available. <br>
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If we choose to however make new content, it will be harder as we
would have to do some work. For instance, what could be done is
using the data from Economic Survey of India (published and
available each year) of the last five years and share their findings
+ Nasscom's findings of the last five years as well. You will get
graphs of both entities which show that software per-se has pretty
much good impact on the GDP and more so with small and medium-scale
IT services making much more of an impact as well. This could also
be used to show how much they would grow without any undue
regulation at today's pace. <br>
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We could also use Akamai's State of Internet of the past five years
which again shows that net connectivity has stagnated or even
reversed slightly in India. While the numbers may increase, the
rate of growth has been static or even slightly reversed than
before. <br>
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The last could be showcasing all the profits of the various TSP's
of the last five years vis-a-vis their number of customers. This
could be done with help of looking at various P & L's of the
big five company of the five last years + reports on medianaama.com
which also state the same. <br>
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The idea would be to simply state that even though TSP's have been
profiting, it has not been to the benefit of the consumers and this
only make them more powerful without any improvements to user
experience. <br>
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If we go with the harder way, I could help out with getting all the
data if somebody else takes the responsibility of making
nice-looking graphs/infographics with that data. Because making data
stand out visually is also an art, one I am not good at all. <br>
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Looking forward to what people think. <br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Shirish Agarwal,
Community Lead,
Hamaralinux.org</pre>
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