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.

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

Aug 22, 2017, 4:11pm UTC
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.