T-Mobile’s Binge on Violates Key Net Neutrality Principles [pdf]

Re:T-Mobile’s Binge on Violates Key Net Neutrality Principle... by nitrogen on Friday January 29, 2016 @01:56PM (#10997540)

...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.

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Re:T-Mobile’s Binge on Violates Key Net Neutrality Principle... by toomuchtodo on Friday January 29, 2016 @02:00PM (#10997583)

I'd rather not subsidize an interpretation of idealism through my mobile bills.

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Re:T-Mobile’s Binge on Violates Key Net Neutrality Principle... by nitrogen on Friday January 29, 2016 @02:37PM (#10997896)

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.

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