Netflix admits it lowers quality of mobile video on Verizon and AT&T
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Netflix told The Journal that this practice, which lowers the quality of video streams, capping them at 600 kilobits-per-second, is meant to "protect consumers from exceeding mobile data caps."
Netflix said that watching two hours of HD would use up to 6 gigabytes of data, The Journal reports.
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Netflix does not, however, throttle T-Mobile or Sprint. It said this was because "historically those two companies have had more consumer-friendly policies."
Netflix was not immediately available for comment.
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