How to Check If Your Service Provider Is Throttling Your

This updated guide explains how to Check If Your Service Provider Is Throttling Your through clear steps, practical examples, and important checks that help prevent common errors.

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What's worse, with last year's Supreme Court decision to decline to hear an appeal on net neutrality, ISPs can still throttle your internet, limiting your broadband if you're streaming more YouTube or Hulu than they want, and providing slower connections to websites owned by their competitors. Luckily, there's a solution to some of these problems: the virtual private network. Basically, ISPs need to see your IP address to slow down your internet, and a good VPN will shield that identity. Here's how to find one and use it to check whether your ISP is artificially slowing down your internet.

Correction, Feb. 10 : This article previously misattributed last year's net neutrality ruling to the Supreme Court, rather than the DC Circuit Court that decided the case. The Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal. The article has been corrected.

Update, Feb. 12 : A few readers reported issues with one speed testing link, so we have replaced it with another verified test.

FAQ

What is the easiest way to Check If Your Service Provider Is Throttling Your?

Start with the requirements in this guide, then follow each step in order. Check the result after every major change so problems are easier to identify.