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HBO's big news that sent their competitor Netflix's stocks tumbling is hardly news at all, says the New Yorker among others. For HBO – an arm of Time Warner that raked in nearly $2 billion profits last year – it's capitalism at its best.

AT&T's new “1-800-DATA” proposal would allow big content providers — like movie studios or app developers — to pay the cost of sending data over its network. So customers can download the latest trailer or app without worrying about fees for overrunning their data caps. Sounds good, until the next moves on the chessboard to disarm net neutrality are revealed.