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by otoburb 3297 days ago
>>Then [Netflix] went ahead and worked with T-Mobile on Binge-On where they would throttle speeds and cap the resolution to 480p on their network which was also a troubling sign.

A year ago almost to the day, Netflix admitted[1] that they (not carriers) were pre-emptively lowering the resolution of Verizon and AT&T subscriber streams. The irony last year was that neither AT&T nor Verizon were aware of this until T-Mobile's CEO called them out on it[2].

At the time, I seem to recall this didn't impinge much on the consciousness of Net Neutrality supporters as it should have.

[1] https://media.netflix.com/en/company-blog/helping-netflix-me...

[2] [1] https://www.theverge.com/2016/3/24/11302446/netflix-admits-t...