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Need to counteract the violations of Network Neutrality by Internet Service Providers

Need to counteract the violations of Network Neutrality by Internet Service Providers By  Deepak Parvatiyar May 2, 2015 Rate this post Much had been and is being debated on the topic of Network Neutrality, or Internet Neutrality, and whether India needs laws to counteract the violations of network neutrality by Internet Service Providers (ISPs). On one hand, the Department of Telecom (DoT) constituted a committee in January this year to examine the economic impact of net neutrality on the telecom sector and recommend an overall policy, apart from the regulatory and technical responses, while on the other hand, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI [v1]  ) in March released a consultation paper on the regulatory framework for Over-The-Top (OTT) services, for which counter comments can be given till May 8.  The term ‘Internet Neutrality’ was coined by Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law Tim Wu of Columbia Law School in 2003. Internet Ne