See: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10791939" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10791939</a><p>One carrier is already trying this.<p>Also, facebook isn&#x27;t even financing the actual data (the carriers are), and the carriers&#x27; business plan (get people hooked onto the Internet so they migrate to a full plan) works on any form of &quot;free limited internet&quot; plan, where the plan is limited by speed or a data cap instead of by limiting what &quot;Internet&quot; means. Facebook is a third party which has wedged itself into this with extra deals; but the situation from the carriers&#x27; point of view shouldn&#x27;t be much different if they set a free data cap or provide a free slow internet plan.