Netflix Admits To Throttling Video Quality For Verizon And AT&T Users

The company will allow users to control bitrate streaming in May.

Last week reports swirled that Verizon and AT&T were throttling customers' bitrate speeds while watching Netflix films on their networks, resulting in lower-quality video. The accusations were lobbed against the two telecoms giants by T-Mobile's CEO. In response, Verizon and AT&T went on the defensive. And now, as the Wall Street Journal reports, it turns out that neither of the companies had anything to do with it. The real perpetrator? Netflix itself.

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