![]() ![]() What this does not fix is data discrimination to other sites like HBO GO or YouTube, but the fix is simple, just provide a speed test function with your website to ensure no prioritization. This removes the ability of ISP’s to prioritize data without prioritizing traffic, essentially this forces the hand of ISP’s to treat Netflix data fairly or be publicly shamed and most likely fined by the FCC. The genius behind Netflix creating is that they are hosting the service from the same servers that host. test of Eduroam, the most popular internet speed test Net neutrality is not a dead debate and it is important to be vigilant of how your data is processed. The scary thing is that, Comcast did something very similar, allowing their data to not count against their customers data caps while watching on Xbox 360’s, but counting data from services such as Netflix, HBO GO, and YouTube. This is a violation of net neutrality, a system that if in place would force ISP’s to treat all data as the same thus removing the possibility for Comcast (who is owned by NBCUniversal) to prioritize their own entertainment services over 3rd party services like Netflix. It is technically possible that an ISP may provide prioritized traffic to but slowing down or severely limiting to sites such as YouTube or Netflix in an attempt to limit how much a customer can download. is the most ubiquitous tool for checking your download speeds online, while that gives it legitimacy, it also allows ISP’s to prioritize traffic to this site. To understand why this is so important we should first look at the pre-existing services that allowed you to test your download speeds. It seems like a pretty mundane tool that only techie’s or people who love arguing with their ISP’s would care about but that belies the brilliant move that Netflix just made. Netflix just launched a new service,, which allows people to check their download speed. ![]()
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