Mr Amitabh, Secretary of ISPAI
has in a mail sent to Naavi denied the report which appeared in Hindustan
Times suggesting that some ISPs in India have suggested blocking
Yahoo.com and Hotmail.com.
His full mail is reproduced
below. We regret that the report of Hindustan Times caused an unnecessary
turmoil in the minds of the Customers and also hurt the image of the Indian
ISPs in the international markets.
Data Infosys whose name is
also quoted in the article as having mooted the idea has also denied the
report. Their rebuttal is also produced below.
We have also asked for the
views of Hindustan Times in this regard and will post the same when received.
Naavi
July 28, 2002
Amitabh's E-Mail to Naavi:
Dear Naavi,
Thank you for the mail and your interest in the matter.
The report appeared after a Panel Discussion on 25th July and the discussion
and debate included the much talked about subject of some ISPs blocking rival
ISP's net telephony services. The issues thereof were discussed. This is not a
new issue and it's been reported in the media widely for the last 2 months or
so.
The Hindustan Times report, however, gave an entirely different twist and I
think quite a scary twist fm the customer's perspective )..which had no basis
at all.
Here's an industry (ISPs), who have been bleeding themselves out for the last
so many years, being termed as wannabe extortionists, is stretching credulity
a bit too far. And on top of that, to qoute people like Pawan Duggal, out of
context and misquoting me to boot as if i support blocking popular web-sites..is
something that's unacceptable.
regds
amitabh
E-Mail from Data Infosys:
Dear
Sir,
This
refers to the news article published in Hindustan Times and referring Data
Infosys as the brainchild behind the proposal for Blocking Yahoo and Hotmail
by Indian ISPs. In this regard we wish to state that Data Infosys never
favour blocking of any website and the Company’s name has been misquoted by
the Newspaper. Data Infosys is a responsible ISP and understand that the
Internet is for all. Even we are against the blocking of Net Telephony sites
as done by some of the ISPs in the country.
Regards
Company Secretary
Data Infosys Ltd.,
Jaipur
www.datainfosys.com
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The Hindustan Report which caused the Stir
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