Federal Network Agency Requires StreamOn Changes

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Just the key links and a few tweets for now; more when I get a chance.

Federal Network Agency: Protecting net neutrality—certain aspects of StreamOn prohibited

Telekom: StreamOn: We’re fighting for our customers

Heise: Net neutrality: Telekom must change StreamOn

Golem: Telekom threatens to end free StreamOn

I think the accusation is tasteless. We will of course take legal action to ensure that our customers can continue using StreamOn, including while the legal issues are resolved. Do you even use StreamOn? ^kc — Deutsche Telekom AG, December 15, 2017

Personally, I find Mr. Middel’s blog post tasteless, but, as they say, tastes differ.

I consciously do NOT use StreamOn, because I do NOT want to support this kind of net-neutrality violation! — Jens Bachenberg, December 15, 2017

I cancelled my Telekom landline AND mobile contracts mainly because this was introduced. Systematically killing net neutrality is the most outrageous thing Telekom has done in a long time. — Michael Schumacher, December 15, 2017

The insidious thing about zero-rating offers such as StreamOn and Vodafone Pass is that they appear to help customers, but were actually designed to put the ISP in control of data flows that supposedly escape through the open internet. Germany’s precarious situation requires an even stronger intervention by the regulator to stop these illegal practices and free the country from the digital Middle Ages.

Unfortunately, the Federal Network Agency still hasn’t managed to ban DPI and zero-rating for #StreamOn, even though both clearly violate the EU net-neutrality law. — Thomas Lohninger, December 15, 2017

Unfortunately, some users don’t realize this once YouTube and Netflix suddenly work on the go. Telekom appears to side with its customers while actually doing the exact opposite.

The funny thing is that many of the people complaining probably use StreamOn themselves and want to take it away from us users who like it and benefit from it 🤪😔 — Patrick Stork, December 15, 2017