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AT&T from blocking FaceTime via 9to5Mac by Seth Weintraub on 8/21/12
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We're joining up with FreePress in trying to get AT&T to rethink its
FaceTime blockade on customers who'd prefer not to have to pay extra
for its Mobile Share Plans. As revealed on late Friday afternoon, AT&T
will require users to sign up for their more expensive Mobile Share
Plans to use one of iOS 6′s most coveted features. Our reader poll
shows that most of you dislike the action:
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Advocacy group Public Knowledge has this to say:
"By blocking FaceTime for many of its customers, AT&T is violating the
FCC's Open Internet rules. These rules state that mobile providers
shall not 'block applications that compete with the provider's voice or
video telephony services.' Although carriers are permitted to engage in
'reasonable network management,' there is no technical reason why one
data plan should be able to access FaceTime, and another not.
"'Over-the-top' communications services like FaceTime are a threat to
carriers' revenue, but they should respond by competing with these
services and not by engaging in discriminatory behavior."
And Senator Al Franken says it is the wrong thing to do…
We think AT&T should rethink its policy of trying to move users to
Mobile Share using FaceTime as a carrot.
AT&T: Your loyal customers, many of whom have been with you since the
launch of the iPhone, want to continue to work with you – but moves
like this make it almost impossible to rationalize staying.
Related articles
- Adding insult to injury: AT&T will only allow FaceTime on iPhone 4S
and iPad 3 according to internal documentation
- AT&T announces FaceTime over cellular on iOS 6 will ONLY be available
Mobile Share plans
- Senator Al Franken doesn't believe AT&T should be able to charge
extra for FaceTime
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