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The Gringo Net:Zero Rating for
Latinos?
Chris Marsden Sussex
FGV8 June 2015
March 2015: Sao Paolo
UK government/Ofcom still opposed to net neutrality
Five Eyes Alliance: US, UK, Canada, Australia, NZ
See Brazil? Not in 5Eyes
Dilma (in FBK hoodie) & Zuck (in a suit)
Dilma against neutrality?
Brazil going mobile
Mobile tiny proportion but
important segment – kids
Is Facebook the Internet? Brazilians think so?
Einstein never said
this…
Sandvine CEO May 2015
• In Latin America, • Facebook and Google:
• Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, • YouTube, Google Play
• control 60%+ of mobile network traffico http://www.lightreading.com/video/ott/why-netflix-traffic-keeps-soaring/d/
d-id/715984
How to be neutral• BBC 2006:• “Neutrality for us is not neutrality at
all”• “Public service websites must argue
for true neutrality”.• Ridiculous to suggest anything else is
a remotely sustainable position:o https://www.bloomsburycollections.com/book/net-
neutrality-towards-a-co-regulatory-solution/ch4-positive-discrimination-and-the-zettaflood
Wikimedia Foundation 2014
“We believe in net neutrality in America”o “We have a complicated relationship to neutrality
• "Partnering with telcos in the near term, • blurs the net neutrality line in those
areas • It fulfils our overall mission, though, • which is providing free knowledge.”
• http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/11/25/wikipedias-complicated-relationship-with-net-neutrality/
Wikimedia mobile strategy: FBK
2011: Brazil example why zero rating needed
June 2011 ethnographic study:
Sao Paolo + Porto Alegre
Mobiles want exclusivity
Wikipedia Zero 59 nations; 67 operators
Internet.orgFacebook Zero
Zuck: "Some may argue for an extreme definition of net neutrality…”
• that it’s somehow wrong to offer any more services to support the unconnected,
• but a reasonable definition of net neutrality is more inclusive.
• Access equals opportunity. • Net neutrality should not prevent access.“
o Tone Deaf Zuckerberg Declares Opposition To Zero Rated Apps An 'Extremist' Position That Hurts The Poor from the new-AOL,-brought-to-you-by-Mother-Teresa dept,
o Bode, Karl, Tech Dirt May 5th 2015o https://www.techdirt.com/blog/netneutrality/articles/20150504/083417308
85/tone-deaf-zuckerberg-declares-opposition-to-zero-rated-apps-extremist-position-that-hurts-poor.shtml
Claim 1: Internet access can be subsidised
• “Nothing about opposing zero rating prevents access"
• “nobody is stopping Facebook or Internet.org
• funding discounted access • to the real Internet.”• So what is a reasonable position?
Claim 2: Competition & Dominance
• “Zuckerberg's basically cementing his company's gatekeeper authority”
• “over developing nations for generations to come • “under the bright banner of selfless altruism, • “then taking offense when told that • “these countries might just be better off with • “un-apertured, subsidized access to • the real Internet.”
Principled solutions?• Don’t blame Wikimedia, blame mobiles• They want exclusive in-country deals• If Wikipedia + FBK want zero rating:• Claim [1] • time limited – say 3 months• Claim [2] • NEVER exclusive – FRAND terms like
specialized services
Net neutral nations ban Zero rating
• Canada, • Netherlands, • Norway, • Slovenia, Estonia, • Japan, • Finland • Chile:
http://historico.subtel.gob.cl/noticias/138-neutralidad-red/5311-ley-de-neutralidad-y-redes-sociales-gratis
Don’t break the Internet!
• @christmarsden