AT&T will continue ‘going hard’ on streaming perks that may violate net neutrality
January 26, 2017 | Uncategorized

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AT&T’s plan to start showering customers with poentially net neutrality-violating perks is just getting started. CEO Randall Stephenson remarked today on an earnings call that his company’s streaming benefits may expand beyond DirecTV Now, according to a report from The Wrap. As it stands now, AT&T exempts data from its $35 a month streaming TV service — which launched back in November — from counting toward AT&T mobile customers’ data caps. This process, known as zero rating, is a grey area under net neutrality rules established by the Federal Communications Commission.
However, with former FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler out and Trump pick and noted net neutrality opponent Ajit Pai in…