#verizon argues throttling video is allowed under net neutrality rules
July 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last week, Verizon was caught and subsequently admitted to throttling all video traffic on its network. And today, the company is finally addressing the potential net neutrality issue.
In a statement to Broadcasting & Cable, Verizon said that its actions represented “reasonable network management,” which is an exception carved out under the 2015 net neutrality rules. “Video optimization is a non-discriminatory network management practice designed to ensure a high quality customer experience for all customers accessing the shared resources of our wireless network,” a spokesperson said.
It’s pretty expected that Verizon would argue this. It said last week that its video throttling was a matter of “network testing” that would be “completed…
