Having been a wide area network manager for the Federal Government for years I can tell you that it is very easy to limit bandwidth for specific types of traffic. If Internet providers did not prioritize traffic streaming video and such traffic would overwhelm the bandwidth for everyone. Years ago I had Vonage phone service and all was well for a while. Then my Internet provider started offering internet phone services. Just a few months after my Vonage phone calls started to drop and sometimes never connect at all so I did some "sniffing" and found they were actually prioritzing their own services over others to keep their customers happy at the expense of those who chose competitive phone services. So since Comcast and others offer the same services as Netflix, Amazon and Hulu I would not put it past them restricting the streaming video from competitors.
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