T-Mobile Exempts AT&T's DirecTV Now Service From Data Caps (arstechnica.com) 22
An anonymous reader writes: One of the biggest selling points of ATT's DirecTV Now service is that it streams video without counting against data caps on the ATT mobile network. But T-Mobile USA customers will also be able to watch DirecTV Now without using up data, the carrier announced yesterday. DirecTV Now is one of the latest services added to Binge On, which exempts dozens of video services from data caps as long as customers are willing to limit mobile viewing quality to about 480p. T-Mobile also promised to reimburse customers for DirecTV Now for 12 months if they port a phone number from the ATT network to T-Mobile and purchase at least two lines. This offer consists of a $35 monthly bill credit, enough to cover the DirecTV Now promotional price. This is a limited-time offer and cannot be combined with other offers like "Carrier Freedom," which reimburses customers for early termination fees when they switch to T-Mobile. "ATT wants you to think DirecTV is theirs exclusively, but that's a load of crap," Legere said in T-Mobile's press release yesterday. "Both DirecTV Now and the DirecTV apps stream free on T-Mobile with a faster, more advanced network that covers nearly every American. ATT is so distracted by their new businesses and DirecTV that they continue to ignore their 110 million wireless customers. Luckily, the Un-carrier's here to show them how to actually take care of customers!"
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What does Trump have to do with anything? He's not even a government employee yet.
The problem is the regulation that Congress made without any consideration for their unintended consequences.
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Except, you know, Binge on is an optional service. If you don't want it, you can get net neutrality.
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Except, you know, Binge on is an optional service.
And not available to everybody - you have to have a plan with at least 6GB of data at 4G per month to qualify for it. This is something that T-Mobile hides away in the (very) little print.
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Why are you goin on about Hillary, she's politically dead forever now.
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He misses her. I bet he masturbates to recordings of her campaign speeches.