In most of the "Western" Countries traffic plans for mobile users cannot be significantly affected by traffic towards WMF sites. So WP0 should not be expanded to "the North".
I'm actually puzzled by the possibility for providers to ask fees to WMF in order to retain a decent quality of service . Vito 2017-11-26 3:56 GMT+01:00 Mz7 <[email protected]>: > 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 <[email protected]> > 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: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?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: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?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: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
