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T-mobile is doing exactly the same thing with their own content: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10567216 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10567216 (fr
by caseysoftware 11y ago
T-mobile is doing exactly the same thing with their own content: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10567216 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10567216 (from last week)
Why is anyone surprised that they all came up with the same idea at the same time? Even if we leave out the idea of collusion, why would they all go for "net neutrality" unless they each thought they could spin it their direction?
I'll note the same thing I did on the original thread:
Get users used to "free" for some thing and if the FCC comes back to slap them, [provider] says "well, we want to give you free data but the FCC wants us to charge you for it."
And then people continue using more data and upgrades their plans (or pays for overages) making them more money or people throw a fit at the FCC.
Either way, [provider] wins.