Brighthouse (TWC subsidiary) throttles quite a few services these days, Youtube being the biggest one. The throttling is so intense 24 hours a day that Google's streaming algorithm (download a little, play a little, repeat) can't continue downloading after the first initial burst. I can easily break it by VPNing into Work or School.

They very recently started throttling Netflix. I have a 90mbps down connection, and I can hit those speeds even at peak times.

ISPs are trying to strangle companies like Netflix into paying them for use of their network...you know...because Netflix doesn't already pay for an internet connection...they get free internet...because they're Netflix.

This is like the Mob walking into your laundromat and saying:

Mobster: "We own this whole block, and we want you to pay protection".

Laundromat Owner: "But we already pay rent, and protection!"

Mobster: "No, Clothing Protection. You're making a lot of money off dirty clothes, dirty clothes that get cleaned in our building. We want a cut. It would be a shame if someone left a sharpie in every washing machine wouldn't it? Then no one would come to your laundromat."

Netflix: "What if we don't let anyone in who has a sharpie?"

Google: "What if I just tell everyone the Mob ruined their clothes?"

Google is smart to Name and Shame the bad ISPs. I just think they should build this into the Youtube player, whenever the buffering spinner lags for more than 5 seconds have a a little message fade in that explains what the hold up is.

Interesting. Couldn't they just run a tracert and, through broad data comparisons, prove quite elegantly what the holdups in the chain are?

I saw this in the WWDC videos from this year, Apple provides this functionality.

Seconded. This is already possible.