Verizon to begin throttling video and more

[Mook]

Oh phone taking a dump, will post cliff notes in a bit.

https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/22/v...new-not-so-unlimited-unlimited-plan/?ncid=rss

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[Mook]

Basically on the new basic unlimited plan, steaming is capped at 480p. On the second tier plan, steaming is capped at 720.

There's some other stuff about throttling and Hotspot too.

 

[Bub]

Cliffs: video capped at 480p. For basic unlimited.

I don't care about 480p on my phone but Chromecast is now gonna bllloowwwww

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Charge more for less. The American way!

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Verizon is the fucking worse. Most expensive, most restrictive and do the most data mining on you regardless if you opt out

 

[Frank Dukes]

I swear they conned me into switching to unlimited. I rarely went over on my 16gb plan until they went to unlimited and killed the 16gb plan as an option.. All the sudden I'm getting overages to the tune of $30-60/month.. Costs more, no corporate discount on unlimited. Fuck you Verizon.

 

[Mook]

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The entry-level Go Unlimited plan is now $5 cheaper, but it also comes with a ton of restrictions. In addition to 480p video, you can experience reduced speeds at all times to reduce network congestion, even if you only use a couple of gigabytes per month. Of course, you can always upgrade to Beyond Unlimited if you’re too frustrated with those restrictions.

Even worse, mobile hotspot speed is limited to 600kbps. The company says you get unlimited data when you’re tethering, but 600kbps is so slow that you’ll give up on tethering in no time. In fact, if you use mobile hotspot for an hour, you can only download around 260MB of data — it’s that slow.

Forget about YouTube. Even just loading nytimes.com completely, a 3.8MB page, would take you 51 seconds at full speed.

If you think other carriers are nicer, AT&T also has two different unlimited plans (“Unlimited Choice” and “Unlimited Plus”) with restrictions on video. T-Mobile’s basic unlimited plan also limits video to 480p. Sprint doesn’t limit video but throttles your speed when you’re streaming music.

 

[Yaj Yak]

so i shouldn't ditch my capped plan for unlimited is what you guys are saying

 

[Mook]

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If you're already a Verizon customer, your video resolution will be reduced to 720p on phones and 1080p on tablets whether you have a limited or unlimited data plan. Customers who purchase any Verizon limited plan in the future will see the same restrictions.

"Moving forward, HD video on all legacy plans will also match Beyond Unlimited's HD quality," Verizon said.

https://arstechnica.com/information...ttling-all-smartphone-videos-to-480p-or-720p/

 

[Mr_Roboto]

This seems like a bait and switch to me.