The Journal quoted Netflix as saying it had limited its videos to most wireless carriers across the globe, capping them at 600 kiliobits-per-second, to “protect consumers from exceeding mobile data caps.”

Okay, certainly not good without letting people know, but if you’re watching on a phone, you probably wouldn’t notice a quality difference.

“We’re outraged to learn that Netflix is apparently throttling video for their AT&T customers without their knowledge or consent,” Jim Cicconi, AT&T senior executive vice president of external and legislative affairs wrote in an email.

That made me laugh out loud. AT&T would probably do the same thing if they thought they could get away with it.