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[ NNSquad ] AT&T's new Pay to Play scheme to suck money out of Internet users
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. - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad