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I find it hard to believeThat the CEO of a Major Wireless carrier doesn't know who the EFF is. |
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Opt inIf they would of made it Opt-in instead of Opt-out, they wouldn't be in this debacle in the first place. They could of made into one of their apps, for easy access to a "on and off" switch or something. But anyway, I think it was a big mistake to attack the EFF. Such a bad move... |
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John Legere..Has to be the most immature CEO in all of telecom. If he doesn't get his way he acts like spoiled rich kid and throws little temper tantrums. |
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neufuse join:2006-12-06 James Creek, PA
9 recommendations |
Optimized videoI always loved how he called video throttling "optimizing" what he's doing is forcing worse quality service for a 3rd party company because they didn't pay him or they don't like them or what ever else they might use as a secrete excuse... so now you make Netflix or youtube or anyone else have worse video quality which then reflects on their product even though they aren't the one doing it the average user will blame youtube, Netflix, etc not knowing better.... to me this is an anticompetitive behavior because you are controlling someone else's product depending on how you feel about them.... |
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Flyonthewall
Anon
2016-Jan-8 10:04 am
By defaultAll ISPs are trying to inject themselves in between you and any content, the better to serve you with ads. They are telling you, without any real choice on your part, that you will be forced to download/view such content. With free apps I'm sure most wouldn't care so much, that's the cost of getting a 'free' app. But when you are using basic function and still getting those, it can get tedious, like the extra ads overlaid on top of programming on the TV, between the regular commercials.
They do it to generate xtra revenue, that is the only goal. I'm sure T's Binge ON, while giving free usage of the video stream is pro consumer, is only happening because they are getting paid up front for that. If no money exchanged hands, then you wouldn't be getting that. Of course with wireless being pretty much unregulated, what you pay for access isn't even giving you the amount of data access you actually pay for anyway. The orders of magnitude for data people pay for wireless data are really out of control lately, and it's pretty much demanding executive oversight.
But it's private business, no one forces you to use it, so the best way to voice concerns is to NOT use it. Turn off the data, and when revenue shrinks as a result watch how they scramble to entice you back to using it. The voice services they provide are also over priced, considering it's basically radio from tower to phone, and fiber the rest of the way. It's that fiber that really makes the data cheap, and is what makes wireless data so much of a cash cow for those in the industry.
Back away from the cookie jar, that's the real power you have to control prices. |
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howsthis999
Anon
2016-Jan-8 9:02 am
Denies realitiesAll you Legere defenders need to get this if Binge On had been Opt IN and non Binge On video had not been optimized this would be a non issue for most people basically. I don't get why T-Mobile simply doesn't do these two 2 things and the controversy basically goes away. And yes yes switch turn it off only takes 20 seconds blah blah. That's not the point.
He denies reality. All this faux unlimited data proves mobile can't handle unlimited data. Even if Comcast's cap weren't BS there cap it's still 300 GB and doesn't "optimize" video and face it T-Mobile can NOT handle a majority of their customers using even 300 GB a month. Maybe in 5 years, but not now. |
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anon2016
Anon
2016-Jan-8 10:34 am
figuresWhen they have to come down to our level and argue with us little people they must be really desperate to take our money as much as possible. Wouldn't be surprised to see this company having major trouble later on in the year. |
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jdofaz join:2013-04-15 Phoenix, AZ
2 recommendations |
jdofaz
Member
2016-Jan-8 9:50 am
Binge offI'm a tmobile customer that turned this feature off. I'm seeing buffering problems in pandora during prime time so maybe they bit off more than they can chew. |
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