Author(s):
Barbara van Schewick
Publication Date:
January 29, 2016
Publication Type:
Other Writing
In November 2015, T-Mobile, the third largest provider of mobile Internet access in the U.S., launched a new service called Binge On that offers “unlimited” video streaming from selected providers. Customers on qualifying plans can stream video from forty-two providers in Binge On – Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, HBO, and others – without using their data plans, a practice known as zero-rating. As currently offered, Binge On violates key net neutrality principles and harms user choice, innovation, competition, and free speech online. As a result, the program is likely to violate the FCC’s general conduct rule.
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This article by Center for Internet and Society originally appeared on cyberlaw.stanford.edu on September 13, 2016 at 12:09AM
