Very good questions... especially Questions 4 and 7.
Many in Mauritius always favour the "big dogs"... whereas in UK it's
often times the contrary.
Regards
Dhiruj
On 28/05/2015 01:33, Mohammad Nadim wrote:
> 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 Thu May 28 2015 - 04:21:50 PST