[governance] A lot of people here will likely disagree

[Mueller, Milton L]

At the TPRC conference there was an interesting paper on Zero-rating. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2587542
Unfortunately it’s not downloadable yet. I attended this session however and while the methodology of this paper was not strong, it did raise some interesting questions about the attack on zero-rating. One of the most eye-opening findings was that the services or apps that were zero rated did not actually seem to benefit that much in terms of market share or demand. I know that minor incidences of zero-rating will not affect the fear of many that it could be abused by big players, but if it has truly strong and visible anti-competitive effects, then one should attack such practices on an adhoc basis using competition policy, not oppose all zero-rating in all situations by all market participants. It seems that zero-rating could be used by market entrants to gain a foothold in the market and increase competition in certain instances.

Regarding Facebook and Internet.org, 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? ;-)

From: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [mailto:governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] On Behalf Of Suresh Ramasubramanian
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Subject: [governance] A lot of people here will likely disagree

But it's interesting to see an articulate voice advocate "the other side" and call out some of the commentary on this issue as  ill informed and politically aimed rhetoric

Engaging in debate would be useful so the author of this piece can get a more informed : balanced and less politically driven perspective of neutrality

http://m.hindustantimes.com/columns/net-neutrality-war-is-not-just-facebook-versus-internet-mullahs/story-s9eZpZnomaaiz4De8fYfaK.html

--srs
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