AT&T Prepaid customers are getting free data to use, but only when watching content with certain apps. And currently, all those apps are owned by AT&T.
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Use Android Pay on Verizon and you’ll get 2GB of data for free
Free data! Who wouldn’t love it at a carrier that only sells limited data packages? Who wouldn’t love it at a carrier that tacks fees and hikes prices left and right? Who wouldn’t love it, period? Well, the jury’s still out on the whole
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Verizon brings free data to its own go90 streaming video service – is that still net-neutral?
Net neutrality may be the law of the land, but carriers aren’t about to sit idly by and treat all content as equal while there’s money to be made by doing the opposite. So while paid prioritization may be out the window so long as the FCC is getting its way, carriers have been quick to come at things from another direction, championing the rise of “zero-rated” data schemes that allow content providers to get their media to users without those viewers having to use their expensive mobile ...
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Verizon hops on the sponsored-data bandwagon with FreeBee Data
So much of the conversation surrounding the movement for net neutrality has focused on the idea of preventing the ascension of a two-tiered internet system: a “good” internet for players willing to pay up, and a second-rate internet for everyone else. So it’s no surprise that as more and more mobile providers strike deals with content providers that promise to bring users free (or not counting against monthly data allowances) access to their services, federal regulators have been taking note. The ...
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“Productive” meetings between FCC, T-Mobile, AT&T and Comcast on zero-rate data
Those worrying about cascading impacts from the still-new zero-rated data programs have been looking toward what the FCC might assess them as. Are they net neutral policies or not? T-Mobile has had a colorful month in defending its own Binge On scheme from criticism while AT&T and Comcast have their own programs as well.The Commission asked representatives from the three companies to meet with them
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Sponsored data could be coming first to Verizon as tests begin
In reality, data is really, really cheap to move. But if you’re an internet service provider, add infrastructure, maintenance, repair and expansion costs and you have yourself a bill or two to pay off. So, why not make someone other than your customers foot that bill? AT&T’s been doing Data Perks — surveys done on behalf ...
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