Net without neutrality

Are you curious what the internet would be like without Net Neutrality? If you’re in India, facebook has been kind enough to give us a preview of this future: Just visit internet.org.

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Note that this preview does not work if you have a Reliance mobile connection. If that is the case, please write to Reliance and ask them to fix that.

The text is in Marathi, not Hindi, even if you’re not visiting the page from Maharashtra. It says (roughly) “To use internet.org you require the Reliance network. To visit your favourite websites for free, use a Reliance SIM card.”

 
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