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ROJO
Jan 14, 2006

Oven Wrangler
So, what is the meaning of "HD video" under the new beyond unlimited? Does verizon just intelligently throttle data associated with apps like youtube, netflix, etc to limit to 1080p bandwidth? Is other more general "data" use not throttled (unless you go beyond the 22GB limit)? I don't really care if I can't get 4K youtube on my phone, but if I wanted to pull something off my home VPN, I would like to have full bore speed.

I'm actually perfectly happy on my ancient family plan, with my wife and I both having 6GB for $30 from our old unlimited plans - but if my parents get a second smart phone (currently still have one feature phone), we're going to basically be paying $240 for 4 phones, not unlimited messaging or talk, and only 15GB of data total across all the lines. Seems like moving to beyond unlimited would be more useful with 4 smartphones on the account, and having a hotspot again would be real useful when I'm stuck on crappy hotel internet (frequently).

ROJO fucked around with this message at 22:34 on Oct 14, 2017

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ROJO
Jan 14, 2006

Oven Wrangler

Duckman2008 posted:

Keep in mind unlimited requires autopay for the discount, otherwise yeah, 4 lines for $200. You’re on old plans, so you should check and see if anyone is still under a two year contract.

Check that, and friendly reminder if you order online for a phone purchase, feel free to PM me and I can both answer questions, and give you a code that gives me sales credit.

Yeah my wife is definitely under a contract still, but only until November so I don't have to wait so long. I'll definitely hit you up if I go for a phone through VZW!

So under the 22GB soft cap, throttling is only on video services?

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