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BingeOn does exactly what the ads for it say it does, and is entirely optional. letting customers choose the quality is good for customers, and t-mobile isn't b
by nqzero 11y ago
BingeOn does exactly what the ads for it say it does, and is entirely optional. letting customers choose the quality is good for customers, and t-mobile isn't beholden to anyone else
the EFF has lost it's way
- shkkmo 11y agoBingeOn also imposes a 1.5Mbps throttle non-streaming video files and on streaming video files where lower bitrates are not available. http://motherboard.vice.com/read/t-mobiles-binge-on-indiscriminately-throttles-all-video-content http://motherboard.vice.com/read/t-mobiles-binge-on-indiscri...
- toomuchtodo 11y agoI cannot shrug hard enough. Big deal!
- shkkmo 11y agoT-mobile automatically opts their customers into a plan that throttles bandwidth for specific usage, then claims they are not throttling anything and publicly bashes the EFF for exposing them. You don't see any problem with that? I'm glad we have consumer advocates such as the EFF that pay attention to this. I appreciate all of the other things that T-mobile has done to move the US Carrier industry forward, but they got this one wrong. There isn't anything wrong with trying to innovate, but T-mobile should have not opted customers in by default, especially without being upfront about the throttling.
- jshevek 11y agoHow has EFF lost its way? They simply reported the facts. Without EFF, the important facts which Legere has been trying to gloss over would not have reached me.
- moistgorilla 11y agoFacts aren't good when they disagree with my worldview.