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Quick Hits: Verizon throttles; T-Mobile comments; artists support streaming

Brief news items and worthy reads from around the web:

Verizon to throttle back unlimited-data users in some cases: Verizon announced its intent to slow down data speeds for the most active customers in unlimited data plans, when they move into congested bandwidth areas. The company promised that very few customers will be affected. Nevertheless, it shines light on T-Mobile’s recent removal of data caps for streaming music from selected services. Streaming audio is one of the most viracious bandwidth-eating types of mobile content. [GigaOM]

However, T-Mobile’s “Unleashed” plan might violate net neutrality priniples: As described in this Radio Survivor article. Matthew Lasar examined the public comment made by T-Mobile in the FCC’s review of net neutrality opinions. [Radio Survivor]

Artists’ opinions on streaming: A round-up from The Independent, which quotes, at length, music artists who support streaming as a distribution and revenue model. [The Independent]

Anna Washenko

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