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Title: T-Mobile bulks up Binge On with ABC, Fox Now, Apple Music, and more
Post by: HCK on July 28, 2016, 04:05:14 pm
T-Mobile bulks up Binge On with ABC, Fox Now, Apple Music, and more

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Binge On is adding to its smorgasbord of data-free viewing and listening choices. T-Mobile announced that streaming from Fox Now, ABC, Apple Music, NatGeo TV, and Ceek VR are the latest additions to the popular program.</p><p>
The new entrants (https://newsroom.t-mobile.com/news-and-blogs/binge-on-100-providers.htm) give T-Mobile a total of over 100 providers, which means there’s a good chance that a few of your favorite services participate. When you enable Binge On, you can play streaming content from any of those providers without eating into your monthly data allotment on T-Mobile’s network.</p><p>
Sounds great, right? Well, not to everyone. Recently, researchers at Northeastern University studied Binge On (http://phys.org/news/2016-06-t-mobile-binge-doesnt-hype.html), and found that it regularly drops below a 480p resolution, which is usually a minimum for acceptable quality. T-Mobile got into some hot water (http://www.pcworld.com/article/3021790/data-center-cloud/t-mobile-admits-binge-on-throttles-all-video-blames-everyone-else-for-confusion.html) during the Binge On debut for not being fully upfront about compressing video.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3099907/android/t-mobile-bulks-up-binge-on-with-abc-fox-now-apple-music-and-more.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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