Hello,
In a few days, Orange will allow free and unlimited access to Facebook, for
those who have subscribed to their packages, be it Prepaid[1] or
Postpaid[2].
I have some questions:
1. Do you think this is a good thing?
2. Why is Orange choosing what should be free and what not for us?
3. Can we call this free service from Orange a "zero-rating[3][4]"
service (joint market agreement)?
4. What if I want zero-rating service for another app (e.g. FamilyWall,
or Twitter, etc), rather than Facebook?
5. Who is benefiting from this? Is Facebook "sponsoring" this free
internet to kill competition (from other social networking services, or
from startups rising)?
6. Is it in our advantage?
7. What if they give (zero-rating) "preference" to another
service/application in the future (decided by them, and not us, the users)?
Will it be a disadvantage to local startups?
Best regards,
Nadim Attari
[1]
http://www.orange.mu/mobile/prepay-packages.php
[2]
http://www.orange.mu/mobile/postpay-packages.php
[3]
http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/174-igf-2014/transcripts/1969-2014-09-03-ws208-net-neutrality-zero-rating-and-development-room-5
[4]
https://youtu.be/QEn1WRCXY6g?t=21m00s
Received on Wed May 27 2015 - 21:33:50 PST