The broadband providers aren't just throttling consumer video downloads. Recently Verizon throttled communications among California first responders at the height of the recent wildfires due to "excess data usage," putting those first responders and their constituents at considerable risk. That is not merely a violation of net neutrality principles, it is evil. Verizon has apologized and promised never to do it again, but that is small consolation to the firefighters who were at risk or the property owners who suffered monetary damages that could have possibly been prevented with faster response times.