T-Mobile Is Throttling Video for Unlimited Streamers, the EFF Says
http://www.wired.com/2016/01/t-mobile-is-throttling-video-for-unlimited-streamers-the-eff-says/
Google has been complaining about T-Mobile's apparent practice
since last month, when company representatives told The Wall
Street Journal that T-Mobile was throttling YouTube. At the
time, T-Mobile claimed that "throttling" was an inaccurate way
to describe the company's behavior. "We aren't slowing down
YouTube or any other site," a T-Mobile spokesperson told DSL
Reports last month. "In fact, because video is optimized for
mobile devices, streaming from these sites should be just as
fast, if not faster than before. A better phrase is 'mobile
optimized' or a less flattering 'downgraded' is also accurate."
However, based on the EFF's findings, it appears that T-Mobile
is in fact throttling video speeds. If the organization's report
is correct, T-Mobile is only "optimizing" video in-so-far as it
is degrading download speeds to match the requirements for 480p
video streams.
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