Net neutrality for mobile?

On Thursday the FCC sent a letter to AT&T complaining about zero rating. Basically AT&T wants to let its wireless customers stream its DirecTV video service over its wireless network without counting that data against their monthly data caps. The FCC claims this violates net neutrality. I'm a big supporter of net neutrality for ISPs to homes, but apply it to mobile seems like an overreach. After all, it is easy to switch wireless providers if yours charges too much. The mobile industry is very competitive. The AT&T plan seems like the type of innovation that should be encouraged.

On the other hand, there is often little or no competition for the data connection to your house. You can't ask a homeowner to move if the ISP charges too much.

The problem is, AT&T serves both homes and mobile phones. And the content provider, in this case DirecTV, is owned by AT&T. And content providers don't care how the consumer views the content. Their bits go into the same network.

The only solution I can see is that net neutrality should apply to a network if it connects to homes. But that means AT&T would probably have to restructure.

Then again, the question is moot. In June Trump gets to nominate a Republican to fill a vacancy on the FCC, and net neutrality will die.