2005 - Madison River Communications was blocking VOIP services. [The FCC put a stop to it.](https://www.cnet.com/news/telco-agrees-to-stop-blocking-voip-calls/)

2005 - Comcast was [denying access to p2p services](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/10/eff-tests-agree-ap-comcast-forging-packets-to-interfere) without notifying customers.

2007-2009 - AT&T was having [Skype and other VOIPs blocked](http://fortune.com/2009/04/03/group-asks-fcc-to-probe-iphone-skype-restrictions/) because they didn't like there was competition for their cellphones.

2011 - MetroPCS [tried to block *all* streaming except youtube.](https://www.wired.com/2011/01/metropcs-net-neutrality-challenge/) (edit: they actually sued the FCC over this)

**2011-2013, AT&T, Sprint, and [Verizon were blocking access to Google Wallet](http://www.businessinsider.com/verizon-blocking-google-wallet-2011-12) because it [competed with their bullshit.](http://searchengineland.com/verizon-blocks-google-wallet-att-likely-to-do-the-same-103759) edit: this one happened literally months after the trio were busted collaborating with Google to [block apps from the android marketplace](https://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/11/07/06/verizons-illegal-app-blocking)**

2012, Verizon was demanding google [block tethering apps on android](https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-tech/post/fcc-fines-verizon-125m-for-blocking-tethering-apps/2012/07/31/gJQAXjRLNX_blog.html) because it let owners avoid their $20 tethering fee. This was despite guaranteeing they *wouldn't* do that as part of a winning bid on an airwaves auction. (edit: they were fined $1.25million over this)

2012, AT&T - tried to [block access to FaceTime](https://www.freepress.net/press-release/99480/att-blocking-iphones-facetime-app-would-harm-consumers-and-break-net-neutrality) unless customers paid more money.

**2013, Verizon literally stated that the only thing stopping them from [favoring some content providers over other providers were the net neutrality rules in place.](https://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/2013/09/18/verizons-plan-break-internet)**

**2016, [Netflix already has to pay ISPs to not fuck with their traffic to you.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/shinal/2016/03/29/netflix-throttling-shows-net-neutrality-life-support-column/82388890/)**

**2017, Time Warner Cable slowed down connections to League of Legends servers, while they were negotiating contracts with Riot in an effort to strong-arm Riot into paying TWC money.  [Spectrum ( bought TWC ) is now being sued by the state of New York over this.](https://www.polygon.com/2017/2/9/14548880/time-warner-lawsuit-new-york-league-of-legends-netflix)**

Bolded parts are most relevant to this post.

If you know of any more fuckery, let me know ( and provide a source ).  I'm going to make a wiki page.

## Why ISPs are doing this

[More Than One in Five Households Has Dumped the Cable Goliath](http://fortune.com/2016/04/05/household-cable-cord-cutters/) in 2016.  That's 24.6 million households that aren't having to pay for the highest tier cable package to see the five channels they actually want to watch.  That's 49.2-ish million eyeballs that cable companies can't use to get higher fees from channels for the privilege of being shown to their customers.

## Further reading

Your normal fuckwad ISPs are known as [last mile carriers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_mile).  They are the step between you and [a backbone provider.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_backbone)  The backbone provider [runs huge trunks between major cities](http://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/level-3-north-america-backbone.jpg) and is how you in New York can play with someone in LA.