[WashingtonPost] Verizon’s slowing down data for some of its heaviest users. And the FCC is calling them out on it.

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The Federal Communications Commission has sent a strongly worded letter to Verizon warning that changes in the way it handles mobile Internet traffic may violate federal regulations. More broadly, the letter by FCC chairman Tom Wheeler is the latest sign that the commission is considering applying its new net neutrality rules to wireless carriers. […]

But the targeted nature of the slowdowns may be precisely the problem; citing Verizon’s Web site, Wheeler accused the company of discriminating against unlimited data customers but leaving its other customers alone. Wheeler said he was « deeply troubled » by the attempt to apply data restrictions on Verizon’s « much more efficient » LTE network, and implied strongly that the company was invoking « network management » as an excuse to make more money. […]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/07/30/verizons-slowing-down-data-for-some-of-its-heaviest-users-and-the-fcc-is-calling-them-out-on-it/