Re:T-Mobile’s Binge on Violates Key Net Neutrality Principle...
by toomuchtodo on Friday January 29, 2016 @01:24PM
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Does 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.
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Re:T-Mobile’s Binge on Violates Key Net Neutrality Principle...
by vkou on Friday January 29, 2016 @01:27PM
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It's not anticompetitive with respect to other carriers, it's anticompetitive with respect to non-Binge web services.
Re:T-Mobile’s Binge on Violates Key Net Neutrality Principle...
by toomuchtodo on Friday January 29, 2016 @01:29PM
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As 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".
Re:T-Mobile’s Binge on Violates Key Net Neutrality Principle...
by nitrogen on Friday January 29, 2016 @01:56PM
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...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.
Re:T-Mobile’s Binge on Violates Key Net Neutrality Principle...
by toomuchtodo on Friday January 29, 2016 @02:00PM
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I'd rather not subsidize an interpretation of idealism through my mobile bills.
Re:T-Mobile’s Binge on Violates Key Net Neutrality Principle...
by nitrogen on Friday January 29, 2016 @02:37PM
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You'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.
Re:T-Mobile’s Binge on Violates Key Net Neutrality Principle...
by devsquid on Friday January 29, 2016 @01:27PM
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just because they don't have a majority doesn't mean its not anticompetitive.
Re:T-Mobile’s Binge on Violates Key Net Neutrality Principle...
by toomuchtodo on Friday January 29, 2016 @01:30PM
(#10997305)
Without a monopoly, anticompetitive behavior is going to be much more difficult to prosecute.