Wednesday, 5 July 2017

UK mobile carrier copies T-Mobile's Binge On scheme, nearly down to the name

UK telecom provider Three is taking a cue from T-Mobile and launching a new data plan called “Go Binge,” which sounds awfully similar to T-Mobile’s “Binge On” program. Through Go Binge, Three subscribers can use Netflix, SoundCloud, Deezer, and TVPlayer without having it count toward their data plan. Existing customers will have to upgrade their plan to qualify while new customers on higher-priced plans — with 4GB and above data allowance — will be automatically opted in.

Three appears to be toeing the line of net neutrality rules, just as T-Mobile did in the US. Neither the EU nor US rules specifically outlaw zero-rating. In the EU, guidelines enforced by the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) allow...

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from
https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/5/15915414/three-uk-go-binge-mobile-data

from
http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/07/uk-mobile-carrier-copies-t-mobiles.html

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