Verizon's mobile video won't count against data caps--but Netflix will
http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/02/verizons-mobile-video-wont-count-against-data-caps-but-netflix-will/
Verizon Wireless is testing the limits of the Federal
Communications Commission's net neutrality rules after
announcing that it will exempt its own video service from mobile
data caps--while counting data from competitors such as YouTube
and Netflix against customers' caps. The only way for companies
to deliver data to Verizon customers without counting against
their data caps is to pay the carrier, something no major rival
video service has chosen to do. While data cap exemptions are
not specifically outlawed by the FCC's net neutrality rules, the
FCC is examining these arrangements to determine whether any
should be stopped under the commission's so-called "general
conduct standard." The FCC is already looking into data cap
exemptions--also known as zero-rating--implemented by Comcast,
AT&T, and T-Mobile USA.
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--Lauren--
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