It is the principle that all traffic on the Internet must be treated equally by Internet servicshould not be discriminated on the basis of content, site or user. Indias top telecom company Bharti Airtel, towards the end of last year, decided to charge subscribers extra for use of apps such as Skype and Viber. There was uproar, after which Airtel stayed its decision, saying it would wait for regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of Indias (TRAI) Consultation Paper on Regulatory Framework for Over-the-top (OTT) services. The buzz became really big after TRAI put out a 118-page consultation paper asking the public for its opinion on 20 questions, most of them about how the Internet can be regulatedBy evening of Tuesday, over 4.2 lakh mails had been sent in support of net neutrality through the savetheinternet.in Web site. Political parties such as the Congress, political leaders such as Arvind Kejriwal and celebrities such as Shah Rukh Khan joined the bandwagon, as has the comedy group All India Bakchod through a videoNet neutrality can also lead to the shutdown of small e commerce companies for example a big e com company xyz is paying extra bucks to the isp so that the user can access their website faster then the website of smaller e comm. Company..so to save the time user wil always use

No. The Federal Communications Commission just recently voted for what is seen as strong Net neutrality rules. This is to ensure Internet service providers neither block, throttle traffic nor give access priority for money. Europe is trying to correct a 2013 proposal for Net neutrality, in which privileged access was allowed to specialised services. This was vague and threatened Net neutrality. Chile last year banned zero-rated schemes, those where access to social media is given free to telecom subscribers.