Except there’s no revenue share here. According to T-Mobile, the streaming partners aren’t paying anything to T-Mo and T-Mo isn’t paying them. It’s kind of like zero-rating in that the customers don’t pay bandwidth charges, but it’s different in that the service provider isn’t being asked to subsidize the network provider (usual implementation of zero-rating).
Owen > On Nov 23, 2015, at 10:42 , Christian Kuhtz <chku...@microsoft.com> wrote: > > I don't know if this is NN or not, but the concept is ancient. Even back in > the dark ages of mobile, zero rating and associated rev share were very > common. > > Whether this is relevant to NN or not is for lawyers. > > Christian > >> On Nov 20, 2015, at 7:47 AM, Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote: >> >> According to: >> >> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.engadget.com%2f2015%2f11%2f20%2ffcc-chairman-gives-t-mobiles-binge-on-the-thumbs-up%2f&data=01%7c01%7cchkuhtz%40microsoft.com%7c7c7a1c832d1a4d7d615008d2f1c1ebb0%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=XFz213dwbX7LmC2FwUAeJn5HP%2bAV9rU6b4dCatA%2b6FM%3d >> >> Chairman Wheeler thinks that T-mob's new "customers can get uncapped media >> stream data, but only from the people we like" service called Binge On >> is pro-competition. >> >> My take on this is that the service is *precisely* what Net Neutrality >> was supposed to prevent -- carriers offering paid fast-lanes to content >> providers -- and that this is anti-competitive to the sort of "upstart >> YouTube" entities that NN was supposed to protect... >> >> and that *that* is the competition that NN was supposed to protect. >> >> And I just said the same thing two different ways. >> >> Cause does anyone here think that T-mob is giving those *carriers* pride >> of place *for free*? >> >> Corporations don't - in my experience - give away lots of money out of >> the goodness of their hearts. >> >> Cheers, >> -- jr 'whacky weekend' a >> -- >> Jay R. Ashworth Baylink >> j...@baylink.com >> Designer The Things I Think RFC >> 2100 >> Ashworth & Associates >> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.bcp38.info&data=01%7c01%7cchkuhtz%40microsoft.com%7c7c7a1c832d1a4d7d615008d2f1c1ebb0%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=pqF%2fnrW6m6K0%2fdcNZO7pAm9xfEPpoYXHfaoS%2fpGZcsc%3d >> 2000 Land Rover DII >> St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 >> 1274
