T-Mobile CEO John Legere got caught lying by the EFF, and now he's totally losing it
http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/7/10733298/john-legere-binge-on-lie The Electronic Frontier Foundation caught T-Mobile and its bombastic CEO John Legere in a huge lie, and instead of addressing the findings, Legere is quickly becoming unhinged. Here's the short version: T-Mobile has been claiming that its "BingeOn" program, which offers some free video from select partners to customers, and also downgrades the quality of all other video as part of an opt-out program, is collectively a form of video "optimization." Three days ago, the EFF published an investigation that exposed T-Mobile's marketing language for the euphemistic misdirection it is: instead of "optimizing" video streams, the company has been identifying video traffic and then throttling that traffic to 1.5Mbps. In other words, it's the biggest f[*** - Lauren] you to net neutrality that any company has dared since the FCC passed new rules in 2015. And John Legere wants you to thank T-Mobile for it. In response to criticism of the company's BingeOn scheme, including signals that the FCC is looking into T-Mobile's program, Legere released a dubious video this morning full of marketing spin and misdirection. In a printed version of Legere's rant, he repeated the lie in the face of evidence to the contrary ... - - - And here's the sad part. If you're a T-Mobile subscriber because you hated the various antics of AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint, what do you do now if you're disgusted with T-Mobile CEO John Legere's obnoxious behavior and refuse to deal with those other guys? Cancel T-Mobile and start unreeling REALLY long extension cables attached to your phone from your home to use when you're traveling and Wi-Fi isn't available? REF: "T-Mobile's Tampering with Video Is Bad for Everyone, Not Just Google": http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/001141.html --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone. _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
