Letters: Threat to open internet

Apropos of “Nobody owns the Net: Trai backs open access” (November 29), with the Federal Communications Commission in the US going for vote on December 14 to repeal the landmark 2015 rules on net neutrality, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has made clear that equality with respect to internet availability and accessibility is here to stay in our country highlighting that India is miles ahead of the US. Net neutrality is the principle according to which ISPs (internet service providers) should treat all traffic on their networks equally. They cannot block or slow down the access to any website