<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Moses<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The whole <a href="http://Internet.org" class="">Internet.org</a> saga is causing a lot of emotions regarding its perceived violation of Net Neutrality ethos. One of my major concerns is how will this initiative affect our start up scene? We need to really analyse the pros and cons of this initiative for us to fully appreciate the implications.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ali Hussein</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 4, 2015, at 12:34 PM, Mose Karanja via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,102)">Listers,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,102)">Facebook is turning <a href="http://internet.org/" class="">internet.org</a> into an open platform to all devs. Three principles however have to be upheld:</div><div class="gmail_default"><ol class=""><li class=""><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" class=""><span style="line-height:26px;background-color:rgb(249,249,249)" class="">Services should encourage the exploration of the broader internet wherever possible</span><br class=""></font></li><li class=""><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" class=""><span style="line-height:26px;background-color:rgb(249,249,249)" class="">Websites that require high-bandwidth will not be included. Services should not use VoIP, video, file transfer, high resolution photos, or high volume of photos.</span><br class=""></font></li><li class=""><span style="line-height:24px" class=""><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif" class="">Websites must be built to be optimized for browsing on both feature and smartphones and in limited bandwidth scenarios. </font></span><br class=""></li></ol></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,102)">Find more here: <a href="https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2015/05/announcing-the-internet-org-platform/" class="">https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2015/05/announcing-the-internet-org-platform/</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,102)"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms',sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,102)">Is it good enough, neutralists?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>-- <br class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" class=""><span style="color:rgb(51,102,255)" class=""><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51)" class=""><font size="1" class="">Mose Karanja</font></span></span></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small" class=""><font size="1" class=""><font color="#3366ff" class="">+254 724 162536</font> | <a href="https://twitter.com/Mose_Karanja" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank" class="">@Mose_Karanja</a> </font></div></div><div style="font-family:arial" class=""><font size="1" class="">PGP: <span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class="">0x1529552F</span></font></div><font size="2" class=""><a href="https://twitter.com/Mose_Karanja" target="_blank" class=""></a></font><br class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font><div class=""><i class=""><b style="font-family:'arial black',sans-serif" class=""><font size="2" class=""><br class=""></font><br class=""></b></i></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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