It’s just throttling. The EFF ran some tests: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/01/eff-confirms-t-mobiles-bingeon-optimization-just-throttling-applies
It works by essentially tricking devices into requesting lower-bitrate streams. This is not a sure thing to work; any video that is not streamed using a streaming protocol that does adaptive rate adjustment simply won’t produce the desired result. Happily, it looks like you can opt out if you wish, although of course you then lose the “Free” allowance. Of course the colourful T-Mobile CEO has some harsh words for people with an annoying habit of telling the truth: http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/7/10733298/john-legere-binge-on-lie It sounds like a net neutrality disaster just waiting to happen. But then again, I’d probably pick T-Mobile if I were over there. They do seem to be the least screwy of the lot, even if the CEO is a bit of a dick. :) -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
