Saturday, 3 December 2016

This insane example from the FCC shows why AT&T and Verizon’s zero rating schemes are a racket

This insane example from the FCC shows why AT&T and Verizon’s zero rating schemes are a racket

This week AT&T announced that it would give special treatment to DirecTV’s new streaming service by excluding it from AT&T customers’ wireless data caps. Ever since we started writing about net neutrality, we’ve argued that zero rating is a bad, anti-competitive idea that in the long run will hurt consumers, though it may appear like a huge consumer benefit in the short-term.
Read more: http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/2/13820498/att-verizon-fcc-zero-rating-gonna-have-a-bad-time?source=Snapzu

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