[p4lindromica]

Meanwhile, AT&T launched a traffic shaping program in December called Smart Stream that mobile customers are automatically opted in to. The program downgrades videos watched on their network to 480p quality.

[awj]

So long as they do that with all videos regardless of source, what's the problem? It's annoying, possibly, but it doesn't really restrict the open flow of information that made the Internet great.

[mrgoldenbrown]

If they do it without informing me as a customer, it's more than just annoying, it's also unethical.

[makomk]

That sounds similar to the T-Mobile scheme that the FCC had already concluded was permitted.