There's a case to be made about the good things colonialism brought for countries. Not a great one and you'll get shouted down however. But this fracas really

There's a case to be made about the good things colonialism brought for countries. Not a great one and you'll get shouted down however. But this fracas really distracts from the more important issue - "net neutrality" (Colonialism is dead after all, at least early 20th century style..) The Indian government seems quite appropriate in their concerns. This whole 'denying poor people free stuff' is very likely seen as a subterfuge. Maybe 'owning' parts of the net is the new colonialism.