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Their business model is supposed to be to provide access to all data, not to act as a gatekeeper and decide what sort of data people should consume. I don't thi
by erose1 11y ago
Their business model is supposed to be to provide access to all data, not to act as a gatekeeper and decide what sort of data people should consume. I don't think your comparison to Google is at all analogous to what is going on here.
- rhino369 11y agoWho says their business model to provide access to all data equally. That certainly hasn't been the way they've operated. The used to charge tons of money for text's data while voice data was considerably cheaper.
- netneutralish 11y agoThey're not acting as a gatekeeper in the strict sense of the word, because T-Mobile is allowing customers to opt-out of the zero-rating services and have the data count against their data buckets. Most issues with gatekeepers are what they don't allow people to consume; in this case, they're not placing a restriction. If people wish to stand their ground on principle, this particular carrier is giving them the option to do so by opting completely out of the program (at least according to the article).