Why Net Neutrality Matters
There is a sudden hype about a term named 'net neutrality'. Frankly speaking, none of us were genuinely bothered all these days about what that term meant. Internet activists have been making a lot of hue and cry that the Internet is in danger- and it needs to be promptly saved. Undoubtedly, they were right; and (unfortunately) for us, we just don't care. However, as they say, time flows by. A large decadal modernization of the telecom sector has also taken place, thanks to key players, like Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, Tata, and many more. Airtel emerged to be one of the major operators by the end of 2010. Of course, praises should be heaped. However, it would be also worthwhile to mention that every rose has thorns. All that glitters is not gold, netizens. Airtel recently launched their experimental programme, Airtel Zero. Under this scheme, the data used for the apps used would not be paid by you. It would rather be paid by the app developer. This, at first read, se...