Indore : Web developers and E-Commerce of the city have strongly supported net neutrality and have raised their voice against the policy of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to selectively deliver web and apps based on their tie-ups with companies.
They claimed that restriction on internet usage is similar to the restriction of freedom of information and ISPs want to get double profit for the wireless service by both consumer and web developers.
“Net neutrality is very important for the development of start-up or new ventures. The restriction of the usage of internet will spoil the dreams of start-up companies and specially the young entrepreneurs,” Sachin Pise, founder of Webkirana.com, said.
He further said that the ISPs already charge for data access. They just do it on the receiving end via subscriber fees and limits put on total bandwidth usage per month. “What they want to do now is charge an additional toll to the content creators.
So they’ll get paid by both parties, they’ll charge a toll on both ends of the wireless highway,” Pise added. About 300 web and mobile applications development companies are running in the city and it outsource services around the globe. With the restrictions on the usage of internet, these companies will be forced to close down, as they cannot pay heavy for tying up with the ISPs.
