T-Mobile CEO John Legere responds to Binge On criticism, claims it's not throttling because the service doesn't slow down data or remove customer control
are you?’ Kate Knibbs / Gizmodo : T-Mobile CEO John Legere Goes on Curse-Filled Hate Rant Against Electronic Frontier Foundation Chris Morran / Consumerist : T-Mobile CEO John Legere To Critics Of Binge On: “Who The F**k Are You?” Jason Koebler / Motherboard : T-Mobile CEO to EFF: ‘Who the F**k Are You?’ John Dye / Android Authority : T-Mobile CEO colorfully dismisses allegations of Binge On throttling Stephen Hackett / 512 Pixels : T-Mobile CEO fires back at EFF after concerns raised over Binge On program Hope King / CNNMoney : T-Mobile CEO defends ‘Binge on’ against ‘throttling’ critics Tyler Lee / Ubergizmo : T-Mobile's CEO Fires Back At Alleged Throttling Claims Jeremy Gillula / Electronic Frontier Foundation : Binge On Lite? Ask for the Truth about T-Mobile Video Throttling Kellex / Droid Life : How to: Turn Off T-Mobile's Binge On John Gruber / Daring Fireball : T-Mobile CEO John Legere Defends His Streaming Plan Against “Bulls**t” Complaints From “Jerks” at Google Kieren McCarthy / The Register : T-Mobile US boss John Legere calls bulls*** on video throttling claims Mike Masnick / Techdirt : T-Mobile Doubles Down On Its Blatant Lies, Says Claims It's Throttling Are ‘Bulls**t’ And That I'm A ‘Jerk’ Jules Wang / Pocketnow : T-Mobile Binge On adds 14 services, CEO calls out critics Derek Walter / PCWorld : T-Mobile adds 14 new services to Binge On while pushing back against net neutrality criticism James Fudge / GamePolitics : T-Mobile to meet with FCC over Binge On David Curry / Digital Trends : Sprint extends 50 percent mobile promotion for T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon customers Kevin Tofel / ZDNet : T-Mobile CEO fights back against EFF claims that Binge On is “throttling” customers Tweets: John Legere / @johnlegere : .@EFF http://twitter.com/... Kevin Werbach / @kwerb : T-Mobile's BingeOn shows how net neutrality will always need case-by-case examination by an expert regulator: http://arstechnica.com/... Matt Blaze / @mattblaze : Shorter @JohnLegere (TMobile CEO): And we would have gotten away with it if it weren't for those meddling @EFF kids! http://twitter.com/... Kevin Davenport / @kevinldavenport : This is the most pathetic thing I've seen from an exec on social media. http://twitter.com/... John Lilly / @johnolilly : Legere asks “Who the f**k are you, EFF?” Sigh. EFF has been a critically important part of the Internet for 25 years http://twitter.com/... Tom Krazit / @tomkrazit : After years of tech media swooning at this guy's f-bombs, it appears the shtick is wearing off: http://www.techmeme.com/... Mathew Ingram / @mathewi : Because if you're deciding who to root for, it would definitely be the telco CEO, not the non-profit advocacy group https://twitter.com/... @eff : .@JohnLegere Does Binge On alter the video stream in any way, or just limit its bandwidth? #AskJohn John Legere / @johnlegere : My earlier video should have cleared A LOT of the #BingeOn confusion up, but there is even more detail here: http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/ ... Jan Dawson / @jandawson : No real clarity from T-Mobile on what's going on with YouTube and BingeOn despite this today http://newsroom.t-mobile.com/ ... Karl Bode / @karlbode : T-Mobile's telling the media to avoid the word “throttling,” and instead say it's “optimizing” video. http://www.dslreports.com/... See also Mediagazer