FCC had "productive" net neutrality talks with Comcast and T-Mobile
http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/01/fcc-had-productive-net-neutrality-talks-with-comcast-att-t-mobile/ While there is no specific net neutrality rule banning data cap exemptions, the FCC enforces a general conduct standard in which it judges whether a specific practice "unreasonably interferes" with the ability of consumers to reach content or the ability of content providers to reach consumers. The FCC's letters to the carriers pointed to concerns raised by consumer advocates and requested meetings "to ensure that we have all the facts to understand how this service relates to the Commission's goal of maintaining a free and open Internet while incentivizing innovation and investment from all sources." T-Mobile has faced the most criticism of the three carriers over its "Binge On" video program, which exempts certain video services from data caps while throttling almost all video in order to reduce data usage. Binge On is enabled by default, but customers can turn it off or back on. Video providers don't have to pay for the data cap exemption, but they do have to meet some technical criteria. - - - --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
