This should be a concern in the US as well. AT&T Uverse is said to be doing deep packet inspection on all unencrypted traffic unless subscribers pay an additional ~$744/year to opt-out.<p><a href="http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/03/atts-plan-to-watch-your-web-browsing-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/2/" rel="nofollow">http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/03/atts-p...</a><p>This should be a concern because such data on individual subscribers would be available to law enforcement and become a potential mechanism for highly detailed mass surveillance.
Kinda like Valentine from Kingsman.<p>I'm a bit apprehensive of their executive saying deep packet inspectionn will be the actual gold mine [<a href="http://qz.com/771690/reliance-jio-bombshell-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/" rel="nofollow">http://qz.com/771690/reliance-jio-bombshell-the-good-the-bad...</a>]
I've been using the network (Jio) for about a month now. The service is great, but the paranoid in me is genuinely worried about Jio ending up having a Verizon-NSA like partnership with the Indian Govt. (they probably already have).<p>No one will dare question it because we have idiots for politicians and we are nowhere close to having a privacy law for our citizens.<p>Is VPN, Whonix, Tor (in essence compartmentalization) a good combination to escape their monitoring capabilities?
This is not what the hype is making it out to be.<p>The average monthly indian mobile monthly revenue is b/w 150-200rs ($2-$3). The hype is that a user gets a GB of data for Rs 50 (~$1).<p>But if you look deeper, that's just the rate of charge/GB. The initial plan is still Rs 150 per month (for a paltry 0.3GB of data with free voice). This is better than the current market, but only marginally, not substantially or revolutionary. Heck that fact that the next big plan is Rs 500, and nothing between the basic and the next big plan shows they expect a significant number of users to jump onto the Rs 500 plan. [1]<p>[1] <a href="http://i.imgur.com/IknpMek.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/IknpMek.jpg</a><p>What's going to happen is the 6 other network providers will huddle in their respective HQs and come out with equivalent plans within a fortnight.<p>But definite kudos to Jio for stirring up the market a little.
Non paywalled article by NDTV <a href="http://gadgets.ndtv.com/telecom/news/reliance-jio-plans-revealed-voice-calls-and-roaming-free-rs-50-for-1gb-data-1453073" rel="nofollow">http://gadgets.ndtv.com/telecom/news/reliance-jio-plans-reve...</a>
This is huge. Quoting from a piece linked below.<p>"Now, here’s my not-so-big bet: Jio will not make its magic number of 100 million customers in one year. The person who offers me the best odds before end of Saturday on a $200 bottle of a single malt is on.<p>In fact, more from my smoky mirror: Jio will struggle for at least a few years before it starts making a dent in the telecom market." <a href="http://goo.gl/hH7Fai" rel="nofollow">http://goo.gl/hH7Fai</a>
I hope he will provide some Internet access to rural areas as well. There are several villages where there is no Internet access or poorer connectivity.
Data is now the new oil according to reliance. "One company insider said the Jio logo is actually a mirror image of the word ‘oil,’ reflecting in a way Reliance’s journey from oil drilling to data mining"
Very exciting...I hope this works and they are able to bring half a billion people in remote areas online. Also interesting that they are future proof so their Infrastructure is ready for 5G and 6G.
As people are mostly consuming data on mobile plans, doesn't the company get some of the costs back from peering backbone providers who have to pay to reach the end users?