Senator Al Franken Believes AT&T Shouldn't Be Able To Charge Extra For FaceTime

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Posted August 5, 2012 at 7:21am by iClarified Staff

After rumors heated up about AT&T and Verizon possible charging extra for FaceTime, Al Franken told The Verge in an interview that he believes the carriers have no right to charge users extra for FaceTime.

The Senator did say that carriers do have the right for "network management" such as charging users extra for using excessive data or throttling users for using too much.

Sprint has stated that it will not charge extra for FaceTime over cellular.

Check the video for the whole interview with the Senator.

via The Verge

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Bryson - August 6, 2012 at 9:54am

Hey If You Don't Wanna Pay To Use FaceTime Then Don't...Just Use It When Your On WiFi...Simple as That and Let's Keep In Mind That It's The Federal Government That Puts A Restriction On Spectrums...

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Pepee - August 6, 2012 at 2:30am

He has the guts to say those things coz we the people are the one paying for his expense.

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NoGoodNick - August 6, 2012 at 1:48am

He's good enough, smart enough and dig gaunit people don't like me

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tdtran1025 - August 5, 2012 at 6:12pm

Ah, we have a political forum! All I know is the my phone bill is getting bigger every year there's a new net-centric app. I may just go back to the dumb phone.

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detective sims - August 5, 2012 at 4:19pm

Well said Shawn, you hit the nail on the head!

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detective sims - August 5, 2012 at 2:12pm

AT&T has every right to price the data the YOU use on THEIR network. And can you please act like an adult and not be name-calling.

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iareronald - August 5, 2012 at 5:06pm

I Agree with Texas. Data is data. It shouldn't be charged more because it's FaceTime. If i go over my Data cap than charge me for going over, but not if I want to use X application. Same should apply to tethering data as well. Net neutrality FTW.

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LAguy - August 5, 2012 at 1:43pm

The only solution is..... AT

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Piummm - August 5, 2012 at 1:21pm

This senator probably have sprint! They are making billions of dollars and the want to keep charging the customers!

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detective sims - August 5, 2012 at 8:14am

If it costs AT&T more to provide the service, they should charge for it. If the price is too high people won't buy it and market forces will bring the price down. In 1998, a striped 9GB hard drive cost $7,000, but market forces and technology advancements drove that down.

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