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<a title="Ctrl+Click or tap to follow the link" href="http://news.eutelsat.com/pressreleases/eutelsat-and-facebook-to-partner-on-satellite-initiative-to-get-more-africans-online-1228638">http://news.eutelsat.com/pressreleases/eutelsat-and-facebook-to-partner-on-satellite-initiative-to-get-more-africans-online-1228638</a>
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<p>My comments: <br>
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<p>Satellite-delivered packets are most definitely unequal and relatively pricey due to engineering realities and launch costs. Bandwidth/cost optimization requires actively engineering for periodically refreshed (terrestrial) content caches/delivery networks.<br>
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<p>Still satellites are cheaper for Internet access than other packet delivery options in areas severely lacking terrestrial infrastructure, whether wired or (terrestrial) wireless.<br>
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But I guess since Facebook is paying for it and is among the naturally favored offerings, some of us would suggest this a is a very bad thing for sub-Saharan Africa?
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And of course it is just fine for Eutelsat to sell business-class Internet access off the same satellite, with no intent of making it available to evveryone.<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org <governance-request@lists.igcaucus.org> on behalf of Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh@hserus.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 6, 2015 11:42 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mueller, Milton L<br>
<b>Cc:</b> governance@lists.igcaucus.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [governance] A lot of people here will likely disagree</font>
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<div>Well, if people try to extend the declaration of independence and hold that all packets are created equal, without regard to engineering realities .. I guess they’ll do this too :)
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<div class="">On 06-Oct-2015, at 9:04 PM, Mueller, Milton L <<a href="mailto:milton.mueller@pubpolicy.gatech.edu" class="">milton.mueller@pubpolicy.gatech.edu</a>> wrote:</div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125)">It seems that zero-rating could be used by market entrants to gain a foothold in the market and increase competition in certain instances.</span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; color:rgb(31,73,125)">Regarding Facebook and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://internet.org/" class="" style="color:purple; text-decoration:underline">Internet.org</a>,
let me see if I understand the argument: No access at all is preferable to limited access, and we shouldn’t allow anyone to make that choice for themselves. Is that it? ;-)</span></div>
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