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Commentary

Parminder Jeet Singh

Vol. 45, Issue No. 42, 16 Oct, 2010

From a Public Internet to the Internet Mall

Vol. 45, Issue No. 42, 16 Oct, 2010

Commentary

Parminder Jeet Singh

Commercial arrangements between telecom and internet companies are beginning to create "internet malls" that will give preferential access to a few internet companies. These structures will eventually undermine the public internet that we know and celebrate. Governments that are now ignorant of IT regulatory issues need to act soon on net neutrality so that the public internet remains in place.

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