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Verizon's Mobile Video Won't Count Against Data Caps -- but Netflix Will (arstechnica.com)

Posted by timothy on from the what's-worth-what-to-whom dept.

Earthquake Retrofit writes: Ars Technica has a story about how Verizon Wireless is testing the limits of the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules; Verizon has announced that it will exempt its own video service from mobile data caps—while counting data from competitors such as YouTube and Netflix against customers' caps.

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  1. Re: Other countries by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I feel sorry for you Americans. In Finland I get 250/100Mbps for 29.90 EUR/m. And if there was a case of carriers favoring their own products over direct competitors like Verizon they'd find themselves in court pretty damn soon. Heck, even if they taunt their competitors using names or other similarly identifiable information they'd go to court.

  2. Re: No transit costs. by JackieBrown · · Score: 3, Interesting

    they have to agree to certain rules that might seem weird in a free market

    There's no such fucking thing as a fucking free fucking market ... a free market is a lie, because companies will always lie, cheat, steal, collude, and otherwise game the system.

    There never has been, and never will be, a free fucking market.

    You can pretty much replace corporations with anything run by people (including the government).

    Difference is, it's easier (not easy, just easier) to get out of the way of a corporation than it is to get out of the way of government.

    Example, I hated sprints customer service so I switched to t mobile. I have my city's electrical company but the cost of switching away from that is much higher (have to move, find a new job, etc.)

  3. Re:Well, that's pretty much a textbook violation. by jellomizer · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Is it?
    They are not preventing Netflix or YouTube, There isn't any sign that they are slowing down their performance. It is just they are counting the data the same as any other internet download.
    The only twist is that Verizon isn't charging for bandwidth for its own service.
    You could say the cost of Verizon mobile is being paid from the service fee, and you are actually paying more then than the data cap fees.

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