Airtel does it...
Banibrata Dutta <[email protected]>
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Goes against net-neutrality... to charge for VoIP calls -- Skype, Viber, Line etc. Perhaps time for revival of robust p2p VoIP technology (given that Skype, no longer counts)... but hey, the draconian IT laws prohibit strong encryption, so in-theory (I think) one could still do DPI with brute-force decryption (sans keys), else for P2P I am not sure how they can enforce any of this. Anyhow, I wonder how they can go against the fact that TRAI had rejected the proposal forcing OTT players to share revenues with telecom operators. It does seem to go against it in principle & spirit, if not against the written word! PS> The airtel clarification isn't 100% clear, but looks like their "regular" data plans would case to exist, once the new plans with chargeable VoIP starts. Also, Airtel seems to want to charge for both incoming and outgoing VoIP calls, that goes against the commonly established norm where, barring the case of roaming, incoming calls are not charged. -- regards, Banibrata Dutta _______________________________________________ India-gii mailing list India-gii-IAPFreCvJWP2/[email protected] https://lists.india-gii.org/mailman/listinfo/india-gii