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If you thought Verizon was going to go it alone in their legal quest to overturn the FCC's recent net neutrality policy decision, you'd be wrong. But who has joined them in their fight? AT&T? Sprint? Nope, it's MetroPCS according to the Washington Post. The regional carrier may seem like an odd duck to be in this battle, but it isn't that surprising given their recent moves.
MetroPCS already has a 4G LTE network up and running in a few markets. What's more, the carrier is preparing to launch a Samsung Android phone with LTE baked in. Consumer interest groups have cried foul over MetroPCS' 4G rates, and their apparent blocking of some high-bandwidth applications depending on the plan. The FCC plan would not allow carriers to outright block content.
In a statement, MetroPCS President Roger Linquist said, "…the recent appeal filed by Verizon, and challenges raised by some proponents of Net Neutrality to MetroPCS’ recent 4G rate plans, have caused Metro PCS to appeal the FCC’s net neutrality order to ensure that the concerns of competitive wireless carriers." The FCC has been tightlipped about the new suit. It appears that even the much relaxed rules for wireless carriers are not going over well. Do you think the net neutrality plans will hold up?
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MiamiMike
January 28, 2011 at 3:13pm
Heh, looks like another case of corporate greed. MetroPCS isn't a very socially responsible company compared to Trancfone's Straight Talk which indeed I have. I switched from Metro to Straight Talk a few months ago and could not have made a smarter move. 45 bucks a month for the unlimited plan and the network runs on both Verizon and ATT towers hence NO DROPPED CALLS. My Nokia E71 is pretty awesome too... so those of you who are thinking about switching providers, Straight Talk is the way to go.
Adnelk
January 25, 2011 at 9:39pm
Greedy ass ISPs.....that spend millions of dollars investing in infrastructure and years in development only to have the government come down and tell them how to run their networks via a made-up authority that hasn't been provided to them in the constitution. So ISPs are supposed to treat ALL traffic equal now, hmmm? That bandwidth isn't infinite, If you can't tune your network to treat traffic that 95% of your customers want higher than the crap that the other 5% want that takes up 80% of the bandwidth (OK, made up numbers, but the principle stands), then either chaos, or much higher prices will follow. HOw about we let the free market determine winners by letting consumers decide which ISP provides the best service for the best price and get the government out of the business of regulating the internet?
sayeret
January 26, 2011 at 1:02am
Man, thanks for saying this. I was worried that I'd have to be the first, then the flame war, then I get booted from the site...
Danthrax66
January 25, 2011 at 5:09pm
Yeah this should end with more regulation hopefully. Greedy ass ISPs that want to censor the internet.
