Comments by "" (@jmitterii2) on "Telecoms Caught Throttling YouTube u0026 Netflix - New Study Shows" video.

  1. My ISP started obviously throttling my service to youtube and google search since at least the last end of July... start of August... the first week I just thought, oh must be construction and service problems... but noticed it was just youtube and google and it was getting worse and lasted over a week. I did several tests and my 100 megabits per second download was good and my upload was good... checked for viruses and malware etc., but it was terrible on only certain websites. Was suggested by some coworkers to try a VPN. All of August I started using a series of free VPN services and suddenly speed is fast no matter the website... back to normal. And a VPN should make my service go slower (it is connecting to another server to establish a secure encrypted IP). But it's back to its normal optimal speed on youtube... so yes the fuckers are throttling. They don't throttle the VPN because the data is encrypted thus they have no idea what websites I'm visiting. I thought they would wait a year or so before... but damn they're fucking brazen, asking for everyone to just demand nationalizing broadband into a utility. Way my ISP works, its a monopoly cable company, I have no other choice. The service I get is 100 mbps download, and 300 gigs a month, overage is $10 for every additional whatever... doesn't matter I never use more than 35% every month. I have started not connecting to the VPN because they do have limits themselves or they want you to pay for "premium" unlimited VPN, just this last week and things seem normal... I'm off Cable One's throttle list for now... but have the VPN's available at any time should my service turn out shit again. Love to join a class action against these fuckers. I pay for 100 mbps for any website. Not just ones they feel like allowing to be that speed.
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  2. You have to use a VPN if they start throttling you. Suck ass though... there's plenty of free VPN's, but some limit the amount per month or 24 hour period sometimes randomly to try to get you to sign up for paid membership.
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