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AT&T's HBO Max won't count against data caps. Other streaming services will.
Posted on 6/2/20 at 11:38 am
Posted on 6/2/20 at 11:38 am
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According to an AT&T executive familiar with the matter, HBO Max is using AT&T’s “sponsored data” system, which technically allows any company to pay to excuse its services from data caps. But since AT&T owns HBO Max, it’s just paying itself: the data fee shows up on the HBO Max books as an expense and on the AT&T Mobility books as revenue. For AT&T as a whole, it zeroes out. Compare that to a competitor like Netflix, which could theoretically pay AT&T for sponsored data, but it would be a pure cost.
Looks like the poli board consensus was wrong
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Posted on 6/2/20 at 12:04 pm to jeff5891
Crickets, I see...
Posted on 6/2/20 at 12:10 pm to jeff5891
Well maybe if you posted this on the political board...
Posted on 6/2/20 at 12:22 pm to jeff5891
Anyone with half a brain knew this would happen.
This is why content providers should not also be allowed to own the infrastructure for transmitting the content.
This is why content providers should not also be allowed to own the infrastructure for transmitting the content.
Posted on 6/2/20 at 1:05 pm to jeff5891
Truthfully, this is what the net neutrality laws would have prevented. This really only encourages vertical integration of mega companies. The marriage of your ISP and content providers is something that we should definitely watch going forward. I am not sure that it is a good idea. ISPs would love in the future to force to have to subscribe to multiple ISP services so that you can access their different content.
This post was edited on 6/2/20 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 6/2/20 at 1:56 pm to jeff5891
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Looks like the poli board consensus was wrong
people predicted this. you're upset that a telecom company is creating a way to make certain data less expensive?
Posted on 6/2/20 at 1:59 pm to SlowFlowPro
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you're upset that a telecom company is creating a way to make certain data less expensive?
Posted on 6/2/20 at 2:04 pm to jeff5891
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Looks like the poli board consensus was wrong
Priority of traffic was always going to happen with no NN
Posted on 6/2/20 at 2:04 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:LMAOOOOOOOOO
people predicted this. you're upset that a telecom company is creating a way to make certain data less expensive?
Data is fricking data
Posted on 6/2/20 at 2:15 pm to StraightCashHomey21
sure but, at the heart of this issue, is data caps. those exist regardless of NN
this policy basically gives you (potentially) a larger cap for free, and doesn't affect those who don't take advantage
this policy basically gives you (potentially) a larger cap for free, and doesn't affect those who don't take advantage
Posted on 6/2/20 at 2:22 pm to SlowFlowPro
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sure but, at the heart of this issue, is data caps. those exist regardless of NN
this policy basically gives you (potentially) a larger cap for free, and doesn't affect those who don't take advantage
Not counting certain data because its your content driven data proves data caps are pointless.
Posted on 6/2/20 at 2:22 pm to SlowFlowPro
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sure but, at the heart of this issue, is data caps. those exist regardless of NN
this policy basically gives you (potentially) a larger cap for free, and doesn't affect those who don't take advantage
This
Posted on 6/2/20 at 3:02 pm to SlowFlowPro
quote:I honestly cannot tell if you legit think this is a good thing for consumers, or if you have convinced yourself to support it due to ideology regarding "free markets" and property rights.
SlowFlowPro
Posted on 6/2/20 at 3:23 pm to Korkstand
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you're upset that a telecom company is creating a way to make certain data less expensive?
yikes
This post was edited on 6/2/20 at 3:25 pm
Posted on 6/2/20 at 5:42 pm to jeff5891
Net neutrality issue rearing its head. It was inevitable it would become a problem
This post was edited on 6/2/20 at 5:43 pm
Posted on 6/2/20 at 5:54 pm to StraightCashHomey21
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Priority of traffic was always going to happen with no NN
It was already happening but in a way that was obfuscated from non-technical regulators.
They used P2P connectivity and edge hosting agreements to get around it. Basically traffic to Netflix content was/is faster than their competitors.
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