A new study found access to Netflix, YouTube and other streaming services are being throttled by Verizon and other wireless carriers after Net Neutrality ended.

A new study revealed Verizon, AT&T, and other major wireless providers are throttling speeds for Netflix, YouTube and other streaming services, according to a report from Bloomberg. Wehe, a new app that tracks speeds post-Net Neutrality, released findings that YouTube was throttled more than any other service, followed by Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.

Before Net Neutrality, wireless carriers and ISPs were responsible for throttling data Netflix users, which made it impossible for some subscribers to even use the product. Netflix, then, was forced to pay the carriers to stop the throttling, so customers could use the service. That was supposed to have stopped with Net Neutrality, although it appears carriers have been changing speeds for years, even throughout the Net Neutrality era.

Since the end of Net Neutrality, it looks like wireless carriers and internet service providers are back at it again with the throttling, according to the new study.

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The wireless carriers, basically, all had the same answer when asked about the results of the study. They say it’s about controlling internet traffic. According to Bloomberg, the spokesperson for Verizon claimed:

“To manage traffic on our network, we implement network management, which is significantly different than blanket throttling.”

I’m no expert on this topic, clearly, but this was always going to happen when the protections on Net Neutrality were rolled back. It gives the wireless carriers and ISPs the ability to throttle data wherever and whenever they see fit, no matter what they call it. They claim it’s the right thing to do, but how do consumers know that? These wireless carriers can save money by throttling speeds. It’s happened before, and it is happening again after the FCC scrapped Net Neutrality. And it’s already hurting people.

As the report points out, Verizon throttled data for firefighters in California while they were fighting a fire. Jeremy Gillula of Electronic Frontier Foundation shared his thoughts on the problem and why apps like Wehe are so vital, via Bloomberg.

“As we saw with Verizon throttling the Santa Clara County Fire Department, ISPs are happy to use words like ‘unlimited’ and ‘no throttling’ in their public statements, but then give themselves the right to throttle certain traffic by burying some esoteric language in the fine print,” Jeremy Gillula, tech policy director at Electronic Frontier Foundation, said. “As a result, it’s especially important that consumers have tools like this to measure whether or not their ISP is throttling certain services. Only tools like this can really keep ISPs honest.”

Wehe will continue to monitor these speeds for the foreseeable future. The report claims they will have more conclusive information after a year of watching and tracking these speeds.

It will be very interesting to see the results after a year, although I have to imagine this throttling problem is going to get worse. Wehe is one of the only ways to try to hold these carries accountable.