T-Mobile admits Binge On throttles all video, blames everyone else for confusion<article>
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<p>T-Mobile is coming clean about how its Binge On program treats streaming video, long after other people figured it out for themselves. But it also leaves some questions unanswered in its attempt to “clarify” matters.</p><p>Binge On is a new optional service from T-Mobile that lets users stream unlimited video from supported services, including Netflix and Hulu, without counting against data caps. Enabled by default, it reduces the video quality of those streams to as little as 480p resolution.</p><p>In late December, YouTube observed that
T-Mobile was reducing its video quality as well, even though YouTube wasn’t part of the Binge On program and was still counting against users’ data caps. That claim was
confirmed last week by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, whose tests found that all videos—including direct downloads and in-browser streams—were getting slowed down. Through it all, T-Mobile avoided giving a clear explanation of its policies, though CEO John Legere did
drop an expletive-laden rant on the EFF after getting called out.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3021790/data-center-cloud/t-mobile-admits-binge-on-throttles-all-video-blames-everyone-else-for-confusion.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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T-Mobile admits Binge On throttles all video, blames everyone else for confusion
