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[-] joseph@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago

I’m not sure this is universally true. Technically, phone companies violate net neutrality all the time by providing faster “lanes” for or access to certain streaming services (e.g. getting Paramount Plus or Peacock for “free” with your phone plan).

[-] CatoPosting@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

Do they just give it for free, or do they straight up give more bandwidth to those services?

[-] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago

In most contracts the data used for the "special" apps do not count against your bandwidth plan. Here's a T-Mobile example that has several "special" services that don't add to your bandwidth.

[-] CatoPosting@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yikes.

Capitalism delenda est.

[-] joseph@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are multiple tiers of bandwidth I can get exclusively for video sites with my phone plan. non video sites aren’t throttled under any plan, but YouTube, Netflix, etc are depending on what tier you pay for. The people I know who pay for the top plans get access to the offered streaming service with priority bandwidth.

[-] CatoPosting@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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