[gregwtmtno]

No, it's about me being able to get the content of my choice at the same rate as the big boys. If I want to watch a programming live stream (I'm not much for modern family.), I should be able to do it at the same cost as any other bits over the air. Here, producers that that pay T-mobile will have an advantage. In ten years, we'll be boxed back into the same tired old content like we are with cable television. No thanks.

[bmelton]

And if you opt out of BingeOn, you have exactly that.

[gregwtmtno]

Except they'll make it cost prohibitive to stream anything but those that pay the fee to T-Moble by artificially increasing the price for data.

[bmelton]

That seems to me like that would be the time to be outraged.

As near as I can tell, this seems like the #3 or 4 mobile carrier looking for a reason to make themselves appear better to a market segment than the #1 or #2 carriers. Jacking up prices seems antithetical to that mission.

I understand what people want out of net neutrality and all that, but I personally think that the outrage should be saved for things that are outrageous. Giving things away for free, even if there are ulterior motives attached, doesn't seem to rise to that level, in my opinion.

[splintercell]

So what, this happens everywhere in the market. Why do you think small stores and bodegas put a minimum of $10 for payment via credit card? Because the large chain stores get better rates from Visa and Master Card. Many times I go to Starbucks instead of some small cafe when I don't have enough cash because I know I would be able to pay by card.

Shipping companies offer better shipping rates to commercial companies than to a small startup.

This is just called 'price discrimination' and is a very valid economic concept.