Net Neutrality: Save the Internet campaigners slam telecom cos at panel meeting

On a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared the Digital India stage with a host of telecom bosses, consumer representatives slammed those companies in the meeting of the standing committee on communication and information technology, discussing the net neutrality issue. Seven representatives of the “Save the Internet” campaign — started after a consultation paper of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India proposed to differentially price net access— told the committee as to why it is in the country’s interest that the government resist the business tactics of these firms that would rob net users of the freedom to log on to apps and websites of their choice.
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