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T-Mobile is writing the manual on how to fuck up the internet (theverge.com)
11 points by nithinr6 3874 days ago
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To keep this in context, T-Mobile offers some of the best plans for your money.

I'd be less concerned if T-Mobile outlined how their zero-rating policy was not discriminatory to smaller video services.

I wonder if they way they are zero-rating is similar to what Netflix proposed when Comcast started complaining about Netflix utilization on it's interconnects.

I have an unlimited plan with T-Mobile. They're available for $80/mo. I think I just saw some fine print that said your traffic can be deprioritized after 20+ GB in a month. I was really worried the new Binge-On plan would downgrade me to 480p over cellular all the time, which it does, but you can apparently opt out easily.

AT&T started throttling my unlimited plan at 5GB, which coincidentally was what their current plans offered (no grandfathering here!).

I think T-Mobile's offering is way better.

I share conflicted feelings about the net neutrality implications of zero rating, but it seems like their policies have become more inclusive over time. So I think it's a little early to declare the sky is falling.