[governance] A lot of people here will likely disagree

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

The problem is rather more nuanced and reducing it to black and white extremes makes it much easier to take potshots at such an opinion

--srs

> On 06-Oct-2015, at 10:53 PM, CW Mail <mail at christopherwilkinson.eu> wrote:
> 
> > Is that it?
> 
> The problem is not limited access, it is FB.
> 
> CW
> 
> 
>> On 06 Oct 2015, at 17:34, "Mueller, Milton L" <milton.mueller at pubpolicy.gatech.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> 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
>> Sent: Monday, October 5, 2015 10:46 PM
>> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
>> 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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