But a step is a step. Let's see if regulators in the so-callled West grow a
conscience and do what they are supposed to do.
"Chile's telecommunications regulator, the Subsecretaria de
Telecomunicaciones, recently imposed some short-term pain on some of the
nation's internet users, hoping to ensure a long-term gain: Chileans'
ability to make their own choices about how they want to use the internet.
Mobile carriers had wanted to partner with giant internet services
(including Facebook and Google) to offer what they call "zero-rating"
connections: an increasingly common arrangement in which mobile phone
customers got no-cost mobile data as long as they used those specific
services. But the regulator instead insisted that Chile's network
neutrality law meant what it said
<http://www.subtel.gob.cl/noticias/138-neutralidad-red/5311-ley-de-neutralidad-y-redes-sociales-gratis>,
and nixed those arrangements."
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/24086-a-government-ruled-for…
Regards,
Rui
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Rui Correia
Advocacy, Human Rights, Media and Language Work Consultant
Bridge to Angola - Angola Liaison Consultant
Mobile Number in South Africa +27 74 425 4186
Número de Telemóvel na África do Sul +27 74 425 4186
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