AT&T and Verizon offer sponsored data programs that lets companies pay so that the carrier customers can use their apps without touching their high-speed data. That may sound great for those customers, but the FCC isn’t thrilled about those offerings.
The FCC has sent letters to both AT&T and Verizon concerning their zero-rating services. Specifically, the FCC feels that AT&T and Verizon’s programs strongly favor their own streaming video offerings — DirecTV Now and go90, respectively — while limiting the ability of other services to compete fairly.