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Does Sprint sell video chat? I don't understand the anticompetitveness angle. Voice calls are free on cell phone networks, and Skype users pay for data. How would Sprint profit from giving its users a bad Skype experience?

Something doesn't add up.

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If they throttle high-bandwidth applications they can provide less bandwidth and save money, I'm not surprised at all this is happening now that net neutrality is out the window.

>Voice calls are free on cell phone networks

Since when?

Since in the USA. Assuming you already need to pay for data. And don't want to make voice calls to other countries.

What? There are lots of plans in the US with data that don't have unlimited calling.

I bet they exist somewhere but a quick survey of prepaid/budget services (Cricket, Straighttalk, USMobile, ...) shows that they all bundle unlimited calling with any plan that has data. All the major post paid carriers have been on unlimited calling plans for many years.

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