T-Mobile Exempts Speed Tests From Usage Caps Monday Jun 30 2014 18:39 EDT |
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The opposite tact of AT&TTMO is playing a 180 of AT&T. AT&T outright demands $$$ from providers to get preferential access. TMO is "whitelisting" first curated music, then curated speed tests. AT&T payola scheme is not subtle. TMO scheme is, but they still chip away at Net Neutrality.
Well they are becoming the "curator". So while they don't take any cash today, I can see a situation where a startup may have to pony up payola to get whitelisted, otherwise they full under the general data bucket, or they are more likely to merge with a whitelisted vendor, and choice is reduced through omission.
Now what if they don't pass that whitelist into MVNO? Now they are disadvantaging MVNO in their bulk data purchases...
While I think this adds to the customer experience today, I can see how this can get out of control over time when the network provider becomes the curator and is indirectly picking winners. This highly distorts the demand curve for whitelisted vendors versus not.
That is certainly not net neutrality, no matter how you slice it. | actions · 2014-Jun-30 5:07 pm · (locked) |
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