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Re:T-Mobile’s Binge On Optimization is Just Throttling, Appl... by SomeCallMeTim on Monday January 04, 2016 @02:03PM (#10837681)
Well, I heard about it from T-Mobile directly and from several other sources as it was splashed over the mainstream news, on here, on Reddit, and in other media. They aren't keeping it a secret. And in every article they mention that you can disable it; so if you care, you can.

I strongly care about net neutrality, too. And I wouldn't personally care if they texted me with a "reply with 'disable' to disable Binge On" text message, but too many people with no clue of the ramifications might disable it.

You'd really need to force people to learn something that 98% of T-Mobile customers don't care about -- and I would find it annoying to be forced to learn something that I personally find obvious.

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Re:T-Mobile’s Binge On Optimization is Just Throttling, Appl... by toomuchtodo on Monday January 04, 2016 @04:40PM (#10838882)
> I strongly care about net neutrality, too. And I wouldn't personally care if they texted me with a "reply with 'disable' to disable Binge On" text message, but too many people with no clue of the ramifications might disable it.

T-Mobile customer here! My plan supports BingeOn, and I received a text message from them with a link to a webpage with full details, including information on how to opt out.

I think they've handled this perfectly. No association other than a satisfied customer for 14 years.

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Re:T-Mobile’s Binge On Optimization is Just Throttling, Appl... by bradleyankrom on Monday January 04, 2016 @02:36PM (#10837919)
I honestly didn't even really know what it was until I dug into the EFF article, and I'm a TMO customer (I've unsubscribed from nearly every non-account info email they send, so maybe I missed it?). Again, probably in the minority, but I do care -- especially since the "benefits" of Binge On don't apply to my unlimited account.
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Re:T-Mobile’s Binge On Optimization is Just Throttling, Appl... by lkbm on Monday January 04, 2016 @11:15PM (#10841149)
> Well, I heard about it from T-Mobile directly

Was this email or text? I'm on T-Mobile, and this is the first I've heard of it. Just searched my email and there's no mention of "Binge On", and I'm not seeing anything in my texts from them.

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