Verizon to Lift Video Streaming Restrictions for Unlimited Plans With Extra $10/Month Payment

[MacRumors]

Verizon in August limited video quality on all of its unlimited data plans to a maximum of 720p on smartphones, but starting in November, the carrier is allowing customers to pay an additional $10 per month for higher-quality video streaming, reports CNET.

With $10/month payment per line, Verizon customers can stream video at the maximum quality available on any VZW device, up to 4K, removing all video restrictions.

Verizon currently limits customers who subscribe to its entry-level Go Unlimited plan to 480p, while customers who have the Beyond Unlimited plan have access to 720p streaming on smartphones and 1080p streaming on connected tablets.

Go Unlimited starts at $75 per month for a single line, and the plan includes unlimited LTE data that may be throttled during times of network congestion, 480p video streaming, and 600kb/s mobile hotspot streaming.

Beyond Unlimited starts at $85 for a single line and includes unlimited LTE data that's not throttled during times of network congestion until 22GB has been used, 720p video streaming, and 15GB of LTE mobile hotspot access.

Verizon plans to make the new $10 video add-on available to customers on November 3.

Article Link: Verizon to Lift Video Streaming Restrictions for Unlimited Plans With Extra $10/Month Payment

 

[BJMRamage]

that sounds awesome.
good thing they restricted the quality so they can then offer you to pay more for better quality.

Superb!

 

[AppleFan360]

I think we are being had. They are simply charging more for what we should have had in the first place.

 

[redgreenski]

I don’t trust Verizon. They will find a way to say that you are still using too much data and limit connection speeds.

 

[JosephAW]

It's like charging for oxygen. What next? Faster charge time or extended battery life for $10 more a month? Like the Tesla car range?

 

[Razeus]

And this is why we need net neutrality.

 

[FrankieTDouglas]

So the unlimited plan wasn't unlimited, but now you can purchase an unlimited Unlimited plan?

 

[agsystems]

"With $10/month payment per line, Verizon customers can stream video at the maximum quality" - sure - this until folks taking them up on their offer and stream 1-2TB of data

 

[Dicx]

I really would have thought $14.99 knowing Verizon.

 

[mi7chy]

As a Verizon customer it sounds like fraud to up charge grandfathered unlimited data customers $20, throttle down video streaming then charge an additional $10 to undo the throttling.

 

[Daws001]

Must be fun thinking of all the ways and angles to squeeze more money out of your customers. Some joyful brainstorming sessions!

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

Order of trust of carriers: TMobile, AT&T, Sprint, every other carrier, then Verizon. (maybe Sprint, then AT&T...can't decide).

People say they have the best coverage, but they are also the least interested in giving their customers good value and treating them like they have half a brain.

 

[itguy06]

VPNs always got around that nonsense....

 

[cjzielie]

GO Unlimited is only 3G just an FYI for everyone wondering why their iphones turned to crap after upgrading to it.

Verizon in August limited video quality on all of its unlimited data plans to a maximum of 720p on smartphones, but starting in November, the carrier is allowing customers to pay an additional $10 per month for higher-quality video streaming, reports CNET.

With $10/month payment per line, Verizon customers can stream video at the maximum quality available on any VZW device, up to 4K, removing all video restrictions.

Verizon currently limits customers who subscribe to its entry-level Go Unlimited plan to 480p, while customers who have the Beyond Unlimited plan have access to 720p streaming on smartphones and 1080p streaming on connected tablets.

Go Unlimited starts at $75 per month for a single line, and the plan includes unlimited LTE data that may be throttled during times of network congestion, 480p video streaming, and 600kb/s mobile hotspot streaming.

Beyond Unlimited starts at $85 for a single line and includes unlimited LTE data that's not throttled during times of network congestion until 22GB has been used, 720p video streaming, and 15GB of LTE mobile hotspot access.

Verizon plans to make the new $10 video add-on available to customers on November 3.

Article Link: Verizon to Lift Video Streaming Restrictions for Unlimited Plans With Extra $10/Month Payment

 

[Michael Scrip]

It's 2017... how are they still coming up with new schemes for data plans?

This shouldn't be that difficult. Bits are bits. Let me use them.

Imagine if voice plans in the old days were done like this:

"You have 600 minutes a month... but only a portion of them can be used during mornings... and another portion can only be used for calls longer than 5 minutes... and another portion can only be used for ordering take-out food..."

Dang... now that I think about it... remember the "free calls after 9pm" nonsense?

I guess everything comes back around.

 

[Statusnone88]

The death of net neutrality at its best.

Take away how you choose to your use data, then add it in later for a “small” fee. Brilliant.

 

[ghostface147]

Well their network has gotten worse here in Houston. I am mostly in the Galleria, west Houston and Katy areas.

 

[TheColtr]

This is kinda crap is the reason I dropped Verizon. They always pull something like this. If T-Mobile had better coverage I would be with them, but I need good coverage so Im with ATT. ATT can have its issues, but they seem a lot more trustworthy than Verizon. Verizon is the Comcast of carriers.

 

[redgreenski]

And this is why we need net neutrality.

No.
Free Market will correct itself.

 

[Broadwayltd1]

big wow....... nothing much for something..... yawn question for anyone.... why MUST i have a data plan if i don't want one? there are so many access points out there personally i do fine.

 

[spiddyman007]

So the unlimited plan wasn't unlimited, but now you can purchase an unlimited Unlimited plan?

They should just be called limited plans. Because lemme guess I can't watch 4k 60fps hdr 10 on my 4 inch screen on Verizon

 

[soupcan]

I don't know if we're in 2004 or 1997.

 

[Michael Scrip]

why MUST i have a data plan if i don't want one? there are so many access points out there personally i do fine.

To be honest... the data plan is now what your monthly phone bill is primarily based on.

You're thinking of the old days where you picked your voice plan first, then a text plan, and finally a data plan.

Now... voice and texts are unlimited (essentially worthless)... and you're actually paying for data.

Oh I hear ya... wouldn't it be great to have a smartphone that could make phone calls... but only use WIFI for data?

Sure! But like I said... carriers are now in the data plan business... not the voice and text business anymore.

 

[Speechless]

I really would have thought $14.99 knowing Verizon.

I'm most surprised it isn't baseline $20. They really are the worst.

 

[modemthug]

lol who streams 4K video over 4G/LTE?

720p is fine when you’re watching on a 5 inch screen

What’s ridiculous is that they charge the $10 but then don’t bump the 22gb throttle cap, which you’ll hit pretty quickly streaming 4K (also there’s like one smartphone from Sony that has a 4K display and most of the time it runs at 2K, and I don’t think it’s available for Verizon anyway also RIP battery streaming 4K)