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3. The ISP will not zero-rate sponsored sites.

• tempestn 4y ago
  You're directly disagreeing with the parent comment though.
  • everfree 4y ago
    Looks like I didn't read the parent comment closely enough before replying. Yes, I disagree with it. Zero-rating is just as much of a net neutrality issue as throttling is.
    • tzs 4y ago
      I disagree. Throttling concerns the actual operation of the network. Zero-rating concerns prices and billing. The former involves things that are specific to networks so it makes sense to have network specific regulations to cover them. There's nothing really network specific about the kind of concerns people raise over zero-rating so there isn't a need to handle them different than we handle pricing and billing concerns in everything else.
  • Steltek 4y ago
    I'm reading this as a difference between US and European style laws. It's my observation that Europe creates tighter legal frameworks with fewer loopholes. The US always seems to target specific bad behaviors and then acts surprised when corporations exploit the swiss cheese loopholes. Previously disagreeable behaviors suddenly look acceptable because they were not specifically made banned when new legislation was passed. By allowing zero rating, ISP's could craft plans where you get "packages" of sites and then anything not under a subscription falls into a more austere X bytes at S speed bucket. Yes, they're doing that yet but such a thing could happen by not specifically stopping it in advance.