<div dir="ltr">It's interesting to note that Google, an organisation supporting net neutrality in the US is not too concerned about the same in Africa! It appears to me that they support it only when it suits their needs and not because they think it is a good idea!<div> </div><img width="0" height="0" class="mailtrack-img" src="https://mailtrack.io/trace/mail/5e31063580900aee0045aef5420881e047fc425a.png"></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 March 2015 at 08:06, Ali Hussein via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Listers</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Interesting discussion going on about zero rating certain services within a walled Facebook/Google garden. I think some telcos are running campaigns where after your internet bundles are exhausted you can still use Facebook or Google Apps.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;line-height:23px"><span style="line-height:normal;color:rgb(34,34,34)">For more:-</span><br></p></span></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/24/us-africa-internet-idUSKBN0MK10F20150324" target="_blank">http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/24/us-africa-internet-idUSKBN0MK10F20150324</a></span><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">It's easy to applaud search measures to offer 'free' connectivity. However some markets have already outlawed such practices as anti-competitive and designed to lure users to certain services at the detriment of others who don't have the deep pockets of the Multi-Nationals.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">It's all about eyeballs. which drive advertising.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif">What's the CA's position on this practice?</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="georgia, serif"><br></font></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font face="georgia, serif">Ali
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