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Sprint Charging 'Unlimited' Users $20 More for Unthrottled Video (dslreports.com)
Sprint has a new "unlimited" data plan for users that want to watch videos in full-HD (1080p) screen resolution. Dubbed "Unlimited Freedom Premium" plan, it offers the same features as the "Unlimited Freedom" plan with the bonus of allowing users to stream videos in full-HD. Also, it costs $20 extra. DSLReports points out the obvious:Last week we noted that Sprint unveiled its new Unlimited Freedom plan, which provides unlimited text, voice and data for $60 a month for one line, $40 a month for a second line, and $30 a month for every line thereafter (up to a maxiumum of 10). But the plan also, following on T-Mobile's heels, throttles all video by default to 480p, a move that has raised the hackles of net neutrality advocates.
Why do we still allow these companies to openly commit fraud?
What fraud? They just claim that there are no data caps. Where do they say that you can watch as high a resolution as you like? Geez, millennials - give them something even for free, and they'll bitch about you not giving them enough!!!
How is telling someone "unlimited video streaming at 480p," and then delivering unlimited video streaming at 480p, fraud by any possible definition?
If they treat the content differently because of what it is, then that's not neutral, is it?
In terms of "net neutrality", it is. Nothing says that certain kinds of content cannot be treated certain ways, only that it has to apply to all sources.