&quot;They are charging you more to access your local music server, or your friend&#x27;s startup, than they are for the &#x27;big players&#x27; in the market.&quot;<p>That&#x27;s the crux though, right? If they can make their network more efficient by offering services in specific ways <i>that consumers can opt-out of</i>, why shouldn&#x27;t they be allowed to? Because we like the principal that all bits are equal, regardless of protocol, service, or network? Because that just ain&#x27;t the case. It doesn&#x27;t take a CCIE to tell you that.<p>EDIT: Yes, I agree that T-Mobile would be doing something &quot;bad&quot; if they were performing these activities for &quot;real&quot; anticompetitive purposes (promoting their own services, like AT&amp;T and Comcast do). But if they&#x27;re truly using it as a network management tool, which it appears they are based on the technical requirements, why should it not be allowed? Especially <i>if you can opt-out</i>?