In 2013 and 2014, Comcast and Verizon slowed down content from Netflix,[1217] perhaps because they wanted to give a boost to their own video-streaming services.[1218] The throttling got so bad that Netflix had to pay Comcast and Verizon to stop.[1219] Thus, Comcast and Verizon used their power over customers to give their own products an unfair advantage and squeeze money from Netflix.
