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Now, the scope of non-discriminatory treatment applies to internet access services which are available to the public,” ICFOSS director C Jayashankar Prasad said. Without net neutrality, ISPs will have more control over what websites their customers have access to, cost of access and speed. Yet, there has to be more clarity on essential and specialised services.” THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS) and Internet Society have welcomed the telecom commission’s approval of net neutrality rules which prevents internet service providers (ISPs)from discriminating against the internet content and services, but expressed reservations that one clause on essential services could have varied interpretations.“We believe in free and open source software for democratic access to information and knowledge for innovation and development. Kerala Startup Mission CEO Saji Gopinath said, “Though the Internet of Things as a class of service is not excluded from the scope of restrictions on non-discriminatory treatment, some of the critical IoT services are excluded from restrictions..