If your ISP throttling you, just switch -- if you live in the EU

[Commentary] Europe doesn't have a net neutrality problem. If you don't believe it, just ask the Internet providers.

"There appears to be consensus among network operators, Internet service providers (ISPs) and infrastructure manufacturers that there are currently no problems with the openness of the Internet and net neutrality in the EU," is how the European Commission sums up a recent round of comments (PDF) on net neutrality. "Indeed, some contend that traffic management actually enables the development of services at lower cost. They maintain that there is no evidence that operators are engaging in unfair discrimination in a way that harms consumers or competition."

Regulators and consumer groups don't see it that way. A group of regulators found instances of:
i) throttling of peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing or video streaming in France, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland and the United Kingdom; and
ii) blocking, or charging extra for, voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services in mobile networks by certain mobile operators in Austria, Croatia, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Romania. BEREC's analysis is supported by VoIP providers which allege blocking of VoIP and P2P applications or their being subjected to unjustified tariffs.

Sounds like a problem! Fortunately, the EU has an answer: just switch to another ISP or carrier. But can you?