Video Consumption Doubling With Binge On Service, T-Mobile Says

The volume of streaming video that T-Mobile subscribers are watching is up sharply with the Binge On free video service, the carrier said Thursday in a news release. Customers on qualifying data plans already are watching more than twice the video they did before, T-Mobile said. Since the service was launched, subscribers have streamed 34 million gigabytes for free, the carrier said. T-Mobile also said it added Amazon Video, Fox News, Univision and the WWE Network to the list of providers offered on the service. “Binge On is our most disruptive Un-carrier move yet,” said T-Mobile CEO John Legere. “It has literally changed the way millions of people are watching video.” Some net neutrality advocates have questioned whether zero-rated services like Binge On violate the FCC's net neutrality rules (see 1601080030).