This is not &quot;giving fast lanes&quot; to anyone, it&#x27;s not counting that data against the users&#x27; data cap. It&#x27;s not remotely the same though it can (and probably will) result in changing user behavior towards those services.<p>The more subtle distinction here is that they&#x27;re playing the customer in the best way possible. Get users used to &quot;free&quot; for some thing and if the FCC comes back to slap them, T-Mobile says &quot;well, <i>we</i> want to give you free data but the FCC wants us to charge you for it.&quot;<p>And then people continue using more data and upgrades their plans (or pays for overages) making them more money or people throw a fit at the FCC.<p>Either way, T-Mobile wins.