There’s been a lot of noise lately about Binge On, with YouTube and the Electronic Frontier Foundation claiming that T-Mobile is throttling users with the feature. Well today T-Mobile CEO John Legere has responded to those claims with a new video. In his response, Legere says that there are groups that are trying to confuse customers about Binge … [read full article]
T-Mobile recently responded to YouTube’s criticism of Binge On, saying that calling what the service does “throttling” is misleading. Fast-forward to today and some T-Mo executives speaking at an investor conference took the opportunity to defend Binge On once again. T-Mobile COO Mike Sievert responded to YouTube’s complaints by saying that T-Mo is “dumbfounded” about why YouTube might thing that enabling Binge On is … [read full article]
T-Mobile’s Binge On service has been a pretty hot topic lately. While it offers free video streaming from 24 services and video optimizations for others that aim to save you data, Binge On has been the target of net neutrality concerns, YouTube has accused T-Mo of throttling its videos, and the EFF recently said that it was straight-up throttling. … [read full article]
Binge On has been the target of a lot of criticism lately, most notably from YouTube, which said that T-Mobile was “throttling all video services” on its network. Now another big report has come out that condemns T-Mo’s big Un-carrier move. The Electronic Frontier Foundation today published a new report on Binge on that says that, despite T-Mobile’s … [read full article]
Last week when YouTube criticized T-Mobile for “throttling” its video with Binge On, T-Mobile responded by saying that customers love Binge On and that the service is in line with FCC regulations. Now T-Mo is further defending Binge On with another statement on the matter. T-Mobile told DSLReports that it’s “misleading” to refer to what Binge On does … [read full article]
In-between starting his slow cooker and celebrating Christmas Eve, John Legere today found the time to share a fun little video that mashes up two of 2015’s hottest topics: Star Wars and T-Mobile. The video features a T-Mo riff on the classic Star Wars opening crawl, which is at the start of each movie and is meant to give information on the events leading up to the film. For the … [read full article]
YouTube is perhaps the biggest missing piece from T-Mobile’s Binge On free video streaming service, and we’ve heard before that T-Mo is working with Google on getting YouTube adding to Binge On’s free video streaming. However, now it sounds like getting YouTube into Binge On may be more difficult. YouTube today expressed unhappiness with T-Mobile’s Binge On service, tell the [read full article]
Earlier this year, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler described T-Mobile’s Binge On service as “highly innovative and highly competitive” during a time that others were suggesting that Binge On could violate net neutrality. Now, though, the FCC wants to speak with T-Mo about the service. The FCC today sent a letter to T-Mobile, AT&T, and Comcast, telling the companies that it wants more information about … [read full article]
T-Mobile’s Un-carrier Unwrapped program has been doling out gifts to T-Mo customers and those folks on other carriers for the past few weeks, and today the final gift of the promo has been revealed. Starting Friday, December 18, T-Mobile will take $100 off all four of Samsung’s 2015 flagship Android smartphones. That includes the Galaxy S6, S6 edge, S6 edge+, and Note 5. The fine … [read full article]
Today it’s Verizon’s turn to get a gift from T-Mobile, and Big Red customers are getting the gift of entertainment. Verizon customers that switch to T-Mobile between December 11 and December 17 will get a $100 Hulu subscription gift code, good for 12 months of Hulu’s $7.99 per month Limited Commercials plan. This offer ties in nicely with Binge On, which lets T-Mo customers stream video from 24 video services — Hulu included — … [read full article]
