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[ PRIVACY Forum ] AT&T's new Pay to Play scheme to suck money out of
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Mon Jan 6 14:35:56 2014
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AT&T's new Pay to Play scheme to suck money out of Internet users
http://j.mp/Ktp8vk (Ars Technica)
Basically, the price of data is being charged to content providers
instead of consumers. The rates for consumers and business will be
similar. "We will offer AT&T Sponsored Data providers a wide range of
options," an AT&T spokesperson told Ars. "Customers will be billed
according to usage, with costs varying by amounts of usage. Rates are
comparable to consumer rates." While it's likely that some services
using sponsored data will be free to consumers, others will probably
be fee-based ones, passing the data cost right back to cellular phone
users. The platform is available to businesses today, with Sponsored
Data services expected to be available to consumers this quarter.
Even before it was announced, rumors of AT&T's plan led consumer
advocates to say that it violates the principles of network
neutrality.
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