Verizon goes all in on video throttling, killing off 1080p on smartphones

[Guest Jacob Siegal]

Welcome to the new normal. On Tuesday morning, Verizon announced that it would be splitting its unlimited data plan into three new plans with some unfortunate caveats. Go Unlimited is the first plan, starting at $75 for a single line, but subscribers could experience reduced speeds any time the network is congested. Up next is the Beyond Unlimited plan, which starts at $85 and only reduces data speeds after the customer has exceeded 22GB. There's also a new Business Unlimited plan that will allow employers to buy unlimited data for as many employees as they want.

 

But those aren't the reasons everyone is talking about Verizon this morning.

 

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