Ahmad noticed that when he used BitTorrent to download movies at a friend's house the download speeds were much lower than the ones he had at his house. When he discussed this with his friend, he learned that their Internet service provider was being investigated for throttling speeds based on types of traffic. What does this exemplify?

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This situation exemplifies a violation of net neutrality, which is the principle that Internet service providers should treat all data on the Internet the same way, and not discriminate or charge differently by user, content, website, platform, application, type of attached equipment, or method of communication. Throttling speeds based on types of traffic, such as BitTorrent downloads, goes against this principle.

Ahmad Noticed That When He Used BitTorrent to Download Movies