Verizon throttles video for good with its not-so-unlimited plan

Verizon throttles video for good with its not-so-unlimited plan

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https://techcrunch.com/2017/08/22/verizon-throttles-video-for-good-with-its-new-not-so-unlimited-unlimited-plan/

It turns out that providing unlimited data is quite expensive. Ars Technica spotted that Verizon is revamping its plans and now sells you two kinds of unlimited data — Go Unlimited and Beyond Unlimited. (Disclosure: Verizon owns Oath, which owns TechCrunch.)

And the biggest change is probably that mobile video is now capped at a maximum resolution of 480p. You won’t be able to stream any HD video on Netflix or YouTube with the basic unlimited plan (Update: video is capped at 480p on phones and 720p on tablets). Verizon has already run tests in July throttling Netflix and online video in general.