Posté par: igor51 le septembre 14, 2014, 16:55:56
Those sites and many more simulated a slowdown of their sites and services by doing things such as posting the dreaded spinning wheel of death. The internet didn't really slow down; the companies were, rather, trying to illustrate what the internet would be like if the US passes rules proposed by ISPs.
Source: Twitter, Netflix, Reddit, Foursquare et al. protest end to net neutrality (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~3/TmQzMylKwY0/)