The relationship between net neutrality and the Wikimedia Foundation has been described as
“complicated” – see [1]. Considering the that the Wikimedia Foundation has a zero-rating
program of its own (see [2][3]), I’m not exactly sure how much this would affect
Wikimedia, whether positively or negatively. On the one hand, we could take advantage of
the change by expanding Wikipedia Zero into the United States. On the other hand, that’s
probably not a good idea because the program is designed to promote access to free
knowledge in developing countries, where access to the Internet may be prohibitively
expensive. In a developed country such as the United States, that’s not really a
prioritized issue.
Mz7
[1]
On Nov 24, 2017, at 5:06 AM, Gerard Meijssen
<gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hoi,
With the demise of net neutrality in the USA, have their been consideration
for the impact it may have for the services provided by the Wikimedia
Foundation?
We are reliant on servers in the USA, as the quality of the service in the
USA is no longer a given, what are the risks?
Thanks,
GerardM
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