Data-plan-based quality setting suggestions and use thereof to manage content provider services

A policy and charging rules function (PCRF) of a telecommunication network, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the PCRF to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, from a billing server of the telecommunication network, a quality setting selected by a subscriber of the telecommunication network for consumption of video content by a user device associated with the subscriber;
• and
• instructing, based on the quality setting, a network element of the telecommunication network to reduce network resources available for transmission of the video content to the user device,
• wherein reducing the network resources causes third party content providers of the video content to reduce a service quality of the video content transmitted to the user device to no more than the quality setting, and
• wherein the quality setting is indicated by billing records, stored at the billing server, indicating that the subscriber is associated with a program for consuming the video content, free of charge, at a limited service quality associated with the quality setting.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors associated with a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) of a telecommunication network, cause the PCRF to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, from a billing server of the telecommunication network, a quality setting selected by a subscriber of the telecommunication network for consumption of video content by a user device associated with the subscriber;
• and
• instructing, based on the quality setting, a network element of the telecommunication network to reduce network resources available for transmission of the video content to the user device,
• wherein reducing the network resources causes third party content providers of the video content to reduce a service quality of the video content transmitted to the user device to no more than the quality setting, and
• wherein the quality setting is indicated by billing records, stored at the billing server, indicating that the subscriber is associated with a program for consuming the video content, free of charge, at a limited service quality associated with the quality setting.