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Yes, they throttled Netflix and Youtube, two sites that account for ~30% and ~13% of total traffic volume, respectively. This is consistent with what I said.
by oconnore 9y ago
Yes, they throttled Netflix and Youtube, two sites that account for ~30% and ~13% of total traffic volume, respectively. This is consistent with what I said.
- marak830 9y agoYou are right, sorry not sure how I missed that part
- pdkl95 9y ago> ~30% and ~13% of total traffic volume So what? That's traffic that the ISP's customers requested. That isn't Netflix using some shared resource. Customers are paying Verison to transfer data, and if 30% of that data is NetFlix, that's fine. Throttling denies the customer the service they are paying for. Should FedEx or UPS throttle the number of Amazon packages per address they will deliver on time since Amazon represents a very large percentage of their business? (If this isn't compatible with a business model based on oversubscription, that's the ISP's problem) > No ISP is going to stop rural Montanaians from looking up Yelp reviews or visiting obscure ferret jousting fan pages Of course not, because that isn't what Network Neutrality is about. Obscure ferret jousting fan pages are not competing with Verison. However, ISPs are* often involved in various aspects of "media" production and distribution, which is a conflict of interest.