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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said yesterday that he has no plans to investigate Netflix for throttling its own video streams, despite Netflix's critics calling for an investigation.
Netflix acknowledged last week that it reduces video quality on most mobile networks to help users stay under their data caps and avoid data overage charges. Opponents of net neutrality rules that prevent Internet service providers from throttling online content claimed Netflix is being a hypocrite, since the video company supported the FCC's ban on throttling.
Netflix critics acknowledge that the FCC's net neutrality or "Open Internet" rules apply only to Internet service providers and not content providers like Netflix. Nonetheless, they insist that the company should be investigated. That isn't going to happen, Wheeler said in a Q&A with reporters after yesterday's monthly FCC meeting.
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