The relationship between net neutrality and the Wikimedia Foundation has been described as “complicated” – see [1]. Considering the that the Wikimedia Foundation has a zero-rating program of its own (see [2][3]), I’m not exactly sure how much this would affect Wikimedia, whether positively or negatively. On the one hand, we could take advantage of the change by expanding Wikipedia Zero into the United States. On the other hand, that’s probably not a good idea because the program is designed to promote access to free knowledge in developing countries, where access to the Internet may be prohibitively expensive. In a developed country such as the United States, that’s not really a prioritized issue.
Mz7 [1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/11/25/wikipedias-complicated-relationship-with-net-neutrality/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero [3] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mz7 > On Nov 24, 2017, at 5:06 AM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hoi, > With the demise of net neutrality in the USA, have their been consideration > for the impact it may have for the services provided by the Wikimedia > Foundation? > > We are reliant on servers in the USA, as the quality of the service in the > USA is no longer a given, what are the risks? > Thanks, > GerardM > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
