CitizenVectron Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/2/21277402/hbo-max-att-data-caps-netflix-disney-plus-streaming-services-net-neutrality Quote According to an AT&T executive familiar with the matter, HBO Max is using AT&T’s “sponsored data” system, which technically allows any company to pay to excuse its services from data caps. But since AT&T owns HBO Max, it’s just paying itself: the data fee shows up on the HBO Max books as an expense and on the AT&T Mobility books as revenue. For AT&T as a whole, it zeroes out. Compare that to a competitor like Netflix, which could theoretically pay AT&T for sponsored data, but it would be a pure cost. Great news, it's not technically a breach of net neutrality since the company is paying for the data usage in advance! Well...except that the company is a part of the other company, so no money exchanges hands... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spawn_of_Apathy Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 I feel like there’s anti-trust, monopoly, unfair business practices kind of law violation in there somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodimus Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 It’s bullshit and should be stopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricofoley Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 Comcast has been suspending its data cap since mid-march which, seeing as there's been MORE traffic from private homes in that time from people working from home and doing Zoom/Skype/Discord/whatever, means that the caps were never necessary for anything except trying gouge people. Just get rid of data caps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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