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 they 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.
Verizon last month announced its new "FreeBee Data 360" program in which content providers can pay to send zero-rated data to customers. Verizon has also been pushing its new "Go90" streaming video service, and yesterday it added a perk to Go90's mobile app: free data.
"If you’re a Verizon Wireless post-paid customer, stream Go90 videos over LTE without using up your data," the app update for iPhone and Android said
via arstechnica.com
Spero proprio che la mia proposta di legge sia approvata in fretta anche dal Senato.
Il Berec deve dare degli orientamenti attuativi del regolamento europeo e questo genere di comportamenti, se avvallati, rischiano di farci precipitare nel medioevo telematico del videotel.
Gli USA reagiranno, ci potete scommettere, e vieteranno queste cose. Pensate che ironia se dovessero sopravvivere in europa, a causa di un processo di adeguamento regolamentare periglioso come quello europeo!