Interesting take on the cellular carriers offering some services as not counting against your data cap.
I have taught a college class for two years, and that data cap (and a general unwillingness to pay for anything) is foremost in the minds of the students. They LOVE Pandora, but once they hit their limit they just go without it for the rest of the month rather than pay for data.
The link below walks you through why it is possible that this model of something not counting against a data cap may not be good for everyone long-term even though that seems counter-intuitive.
Under the Sprint deal, you get the Facebook channel, the Twitter channel, and so on. To get the full-on open internet—which we used to simply call the internet—you must pay more.
via Free Mobile Data Plans Are Going to Crush the Startup Economy | Business | WIRED.