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No it doesn't. It shows that supporters of net neutrality understand the issue is deeper than just "someone is slowing down access to specific content on the ne
by devsquid 11y ago
No it doesn't. It shows that supporters of net neutrality understand the issue is deeper than just "someone is slowing down access to specific content on the net and thats bad". This is anti-competitive, t-mobile is the gate keeper for what services can stream for 'free' on their service.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoDoes T-Mobile have a monopoly on mobile service in the US? Last time I checked, they were #3 out of 4 carriers. They don't have enough ground for it to be considered anticompetitive.
- vkou 11y agoIt's not anticompetitive with respect to other carriers, it's anticompetitive with respect to non-Binge web services.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoAs a T-Mobile customer, I don't care about other non-Binge web services. I'm paying T-Mobile, not them. Meet their BingeOn guidelines, or make the value prop compelling enough for me to burn my data quota up on you. Otherwise, you're asking me to subsidize your service through my monthly rates to allow your innovation or "freedom of expression".
- nitrogen 11y ago...and that's exactly why discriminatory deals like BingeOn should not be allowed. If Tmo wants to offer unlimited 2mbit traffic, let them offer it for all sites equally.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoI'd rather not subsidize an interpretation of idealism through my mobile bills.
- nitrogen 11y agoYou've got it backward; all the other sites are subsidizing your unlimited (but site-restricted) streaming. Here's how to do something like BingeOn right: work with IETF to define a QoS flag that indicates streaming video, allow customers to opt in to throttling of that flag, then make sure everybody knows that they don't have to coordinate with Tmobile -- any provider can use the flag, and any carrier can honor it. Finally, the carrier could put an icon in the phone status bar (or an LED on a hotspot) indicating whether the current video streams are throttled and free.
- devsquid 11y agojust because they don't have a majority doesn't mean its not anticompetitive.
- toomuchtodo 11y agoWithout a monopoly, anticompetitive behavior is going to be much more difficult to prosecute.
- devsquid 11y agoRofl... this is the US, to prosecute anyone for being anticompetitive is almost impossible.
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- rhino369 11y agoThis is way less anti-competitive than a lot of other shit in the telecom space. Like Apple extorting 30% rent off of any software on the phone I paid for. Or Google taking marketshare because it can offer free software due to its monopoly over websearching.