Re: Verizon permanently throttling video on all unlimited plans, as low as 480p on iPhones

2017-08-23 Thread Scott Granados
Well, T-Mobile tried this at one point and I think still has it in place. When you hear about Binge on where people can stream unlimited video from certain sites, they down convert the signal if this feature is enabled. Then there was a time they charged $25 extra for HD but I think that met

Re: Verizon permanently throttling video on all unlimited plans, as low as 480p on iPhones

2017-08-23 Thread Donna Goodin
I was just about to write something to that effect. I had a bad experience with T-Mobile years ago, so have avoided it assiduously. But this, along with the info Scot has shared re network expansion, ismaking me think about giving them another go. Cheers, Donna > On Aug 23, 2017, at 1:04 AM,

RE: Verizon permanently throttling video on all unlimited plans, as low as 480p on iPhones

2017-08-23 Thread gary-melconian
They just lost a bunch of customers to att , t-mobile and sprint. All those customers are going to be those switchers that t-mobile has been targeting lately . Now they have even more bullets in their firing armor. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com

Re: Verizon permanently throttling video on all unlimited plans, as low as 480p on iPhones

2017-08-22 Thread lenron brown
VZW what a rip off! On 8/23/17, M. Taylor wrote: > 9to5Mac - Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 4:29 AM > Verizon permanently throttling video on all unlimited plans, as low as 480p > on iPhones > > We noted last month that Verizon was throttling Netflix and YouTube usage > for

Verizon permanently throttling video on all unlimited plans, as low as 480p on iPhones

2017-08-22 Thread M. Taylor
9to5Mac - Tuesday, August 22, 2017 at 4:29 AM Verizon permanently throttling video on all unlimited plans, as low as 480p on iPhones We noted last month that Verizon was throttling Netflix and YouTube usage for 'unlimited' plan users even before they hit the 22GB level at which the company says