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It's just an extension of not paying per use of jquery mobile because there's a copy cached on my phone. It's congestion pricing.
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It's anti-competitive to app devs, not other wireless providers. Classic "pull the ladder up behind me" behavior.
I'm expressly talking about the app devs. It might be truly anti-competitive "ladder-up-behind-you" if all app devs were forced to sponsor client-side traffic. Think of taxi tokens- a fixed barrier to entry. But even then, to be an anti-competitive barrier to entry it must also be high . The cost of a postage stamp on your government paperwork is a barrier to entry, but it is not anti-competitive.
I'm not sure how much competition Wikipedia has as a free online encyclopedia. Also, Wikipedia is a non-profit, and doesn't really make more money by having more people use the site. It's strange to claim that Wikipedia is being anti-competitive. Personally, I think Wikipedia Zero is a great program. The article also says: > The reason that the Chinese, Russian and Cuban governments fear an open Internet more than an…
but that's not the point, is it? what if I wanted to launch a competitor? the fact Wikipedia is non-profit shouldn't grant it some kind of super status above my business idea. non-profit doesn't automatically mean better or less evil for consumers.
My mobile contract in the UK is $20 per month for 1000Gb on 4G with tethering permitted, 5000 voice minutes to the same carrier, 2000 voice minutes to any other carrier and 5000 text messages. It is not just the Zero Rating that is evil.
I am clearly on a vastly inferior one with t-mobile and should switch.
My mobile contract in the UK is $20 per month for 1000Gb on 4G with tethering permitted, 5000 voice minutes to the same carrier, 2000 voice minutes to any other carrier and 5000 text messages. It is not just the Zero Rating that is evil.
I'm in the UK and get nowhere near that for a similar price, who are you with? I've just checked and the recurring charge I pay gets: £12 goodybag: will include UK 3GB, 500 minutes, unlimited texts (was 250 minutes, unlimited data) So thanks to your post I've just discovered I'm no longer getting the service I thought I was! It seems they sent a "changes to your service" email which I didn't read because I assumed it…
£17, my $20 is slightly off
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I was going to point out the same. I really like T-Mobile's program since a lot of my data usage was disappearing into streaming music (namely Google Music/Play Music). However I will fully admit it is anti-competitive since if you're a new music streaming service just trying to make it, you won't get onto T-Mobile's free list (and even Google Music/Play Music wasn't until extremely recently, like even two months ago…
Adding to this, the T-Mobile FAQ claims they're willing to add legal services if you contact them: http://www.t-mobile.com/offer/free-music-streaming.html Will you add more streaming providers over time? Absolutely! Any lawful and licensed streaming music service can work with us for inclusion in this offer, which is designed to benefit all of our Simple Choice customers. And we want to hear from you! Who do you thin…
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This is my preference. I think the only reason T-Mobile offers unlimited music streaming is that it typically consumes <= 256 kbps. I would much rather they offered an "economy mode" switch where I could throttle my entire device and browse whatever I wanted.
T-Mobile offers unlimited music streaming because it is marketable. They are a third-wheel carrier, so they are hustling hard in search of a way to differentiate themselves, and "Unlimited Music" is going to be a much more successful ad campaign than "Unlimited 256kbps Browsing" FWIW I am a T-Mobile customer.
In fact, the author even states that people could be satisfied by this approach. If people are satisfied with their walled garden, why is this an issue?
Why shouldn't something like Wikipedia that is relatively easy for a carrier to cache locally be charged differently than something for which providing access requires inter-carrier agreements? It's just an extension of not paying per use of jquery mobile because there's a copy cached on my phone. It's congestion pricing.
I'm pretty sure you can't cache IMs, as that defeats the whole "instant" part.