YouTube claims T-Mobile's new "Binge On" program is degrading video quality for viewers, even though it's not part of the program, according to The Wall Street Journal .
Announced in November, " Binge On " lets T-Mobile users stream videos from certain services like Netflix, HBO and Sling TV at DVD-quality , without it counting towards their monthly data cap.
Though T-Mobile hasn't responded directly to YouTube's throttling accusations, the Internet Association , an advocacy group whose job is to protect Internet freedom and preserve net neutrality, claims Binge On "appears to involve throttling of all video traffic, across all data plans, regardless of network congestion."
The Federal Communications Commission recently sent letters to T-Mobile , AT&T and Comcast in the interest of learning more about how their networks are essentially whitelisting certain content providers, in order to provide their users with free data.
