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> Had their pricey FIOS service for a year and despite having a high bandwidth they kept throttling Youtube videos. They weren't directly throttling things, th
by justinsaccount 10y ago
> Had their pricey FIOS service for a year and despite having a high bandwidth they kept throttling Youtube videos.
They weren't directly throttling things, they just let their peering connections max out until things broke.
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/06/verizon-bandwidth-provider-blame-each-other-for-slow-netflix-streaming/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/06/veriz...
> He said he believes that Verizon's decision to limit Netflix bandwidth is due to Verizon wanting customers to use its own streaming video services, such as Redbox Instant.
I'm not sure if anything has really changed in 4 years.