Streaming video provider Netflix says that it has been sending lower quality video to mobile subscribers on AT&T and Verizon networks to help prevent them from surpassing data caps.<br />Increased consumption of video on mobile devices has led many Netflix members to worry about surpassing data caps, the company says.<br />So more than five years ago, the video service began sending a lower resolution feeds to members on mobile networks with data caps.<br />The issue came to light last week when T-Mobile CEO John Legere posted a video on Twitter saying that AT&T and Verizon customers get lower quality video from Netflix that T-Mobile users do.<br />A two-hour HD movie can eat up 6 Gigabytes of mobile data, but watching at lower resolutions can reduce data by as much as 90%.
