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Re:FCC Democrats Set to Move on Net Neutrality, Broadband Su... by jbombadil on Friday January 08, 2021 @02:03AM (#25682322)
A lack of net neutrality can be exploited without you (as a casual internet user) knowing it. It could be AT&T going to Netflix and telling them "Give me money or Netflix will be slower than Hulu". Netflix would pay, and you wouldn't know the difference.

Also, if you want a less hypothetical scenario: in 2012 and 2013, AT&T blocked FaceTime.

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Re:FCC Democrats Set to Move on Net Neutrality, Broadband Su... by erezyehuda on Friday January 08, 2021 @02:10AM (#25682354)
If I recall correctly, Netflix paying to not have their data rates throttled was a real occurrence.
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Re:FCC Democrats Set to Move on Net Neutrality, Broadband Su... by fat_pikachu on Friday January 08, 2021 @09:33AM (#25685069)
You don't recall correctly. Netflix and Verizon got into a peering dispute, but that's hardly throttling.
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