T-Mobile Disputes YouTube's Throttling Accusations, Calls Binge On 'Mobile Optimized' or 'Downgraded'

[2298754]

T-Mobile's following has, indeed, become extremely cult-like. Their fans (fans of a utility provider...let that sink in for a second) jump on anyone who dares to say anything even remotely critical about T-Mobile, as evidenced by the comment on your response to my post, and really do buy into everything John Legere feeds them. Over at the T-Mobile fanboy blog (not mentioning their name), they were praising John Legere's skywriting stunts over Verizon and AT&T headquarters as brilliant. However, when Sprint did something similar by sending holiday gift baskets to T-Mobile stores, they were immediately condemned for a lame attempt to get attention. There's actually one guy on that blog that ends every comment with "thank you T-Mobile, thank you John Legere." I kid you not.

Yup,

I saw this reddit. Pretty sad

https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/3z2w05/its_true_john_legere_replies_to_email/

 

[AlphaGuitarist]

Yup,

I saw this reddit. Pretty sad

https://www.reddit.com/r/tmobile/comments/3z2w05/its_true_john_legere_replies_to_email/

Disturbing, isn't it?

 

[thermodynamic]

Total Schmooze on T-Mobile's part. A not-even-attempted-to-be-hidden PR spin.

That said: If a consumer believes a program like that will come on a sub-par network without a compromise, then they'll get what they pay for.

With your second paragraph, are you potentially justifying unethical behavior? Isn't selling belief (a perception) tantamount to outright lying?

And "get what they pay for" is a misnomer. Some of today's worst automobiles are made by the big posh expensive brands...

 

[sudo1996]

I would call this violation of net neutrality. Whether it's "throttling" or "downgrading," the principle is the same.

Total Schmooze on T-Mobs part. A not-even-attempted-to-be-hidden PR spin.

That said: If a consumer believes a program like that will come on a sub-par network without a compromise, then they'll get what they pay for.

Better to give the consumers proper information about it rather than supporting "buyer beware" practices.

 

[JustThinkin']

The fact you thought the use of the term "Big Brother" was in any way serious and not sarcasm is well... I'd say it but safe bet mods would get on my case...



Let's just say if you thought the use of that term was serious that's sad and yet laughable...

If it was sarcasm it takes away from the serious, condemning tone of the rest of your post. If the FCC is your 'savior' in this scenario, it's not a good idea to criticize them in the same breath - sarcasm or not.

 

[iOSFangirl6001]

If it was sarcasm it takes away from the serious, condemning tone of the rest of your post. If the FCC is your 'savior' in this scenario, it's not a good idea to criticize them in the same breath - sarcasm or not.

There's just no middle ground with you is there? Beginning to suspect you're trolling or just want to watch the world ( Internet ) burn....

 

[Michael Goff]

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/...-bingeon-optimization-just-throttling-applies

Uh-oh.

 

[JustThinkin']

There's just no middle ground with you is there? Beginning to suspect you're trolling or just want to watch the world ( Internet ) burn....

You belittled me for my remark. Perhaps I should have come up with a nicer way to say you diluted your argument while apparently not realizing it. But Big Brother is very scary if you take the concept seriously.

Go re-read your original comment and see. Somehow I must have missed your middle ground ...