However, false advertising laws *do* apply. If they advertise "up to 40Mb/s", th...

		wtallis on June 6, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Netflix replies to Verizon cease and desist letter However, false advertising laws do apply. If they advertise "up to 40Mb/s", then they can't configure their routers to throttle you to 10Mb/s - they can only drop below 40Mb/s due to real contention for limited bandwidth as a result of high utilization.