AT&T-Time Warner Deal Stokes Debate Over ‘Zero Rating’

Wall Street Journal: AT&T’s practice of exempting its streaming video services from data-usage caps is rankling competitors and shaping up as a major issue for regulators set to weigh the telecom’s proposed acquisition of Time Warner. When AT&T rolls out its DirecTV Now online TV service, its wireless subscribers will be able to stream as much as they want without it counting toward monthly data caps.