Verizon accused of violating net neutrality rules by throttling video [telecom]

Puh-Leez, Verizon Wireless, will you please throttle any videos that come to my phone?

Even though the plan I'm on doesn't charge for overage, it does have a fixed limit before it lowers my speed to something well below whatever is needed for video. I could buy a bigger plan but I'm perfectly happy where I am. What possible use could I have for a 10 Mbps video stream to my 2 1/2" wide screen, or even the 5" screen that some other phones have? HD makes some sense for 42" and larger TV sets, though my 42" 720p set looks as sharp as any from any sane viewing distance. Higher resolution uses a LOT more capacity. Optimizing video to fit the phone is highly pro-consumer. They should make it the default with an opt-out for those who insist. These "public interest" groups have turned religious about a fake Internet that never existed, one where all packets are treated equally and yet spammers and DDoSers somehow don't clutter things. It's a way to raise money, not to improve usefulness.

Netflix is relatively smart. It adapts its video coding automatically to what it perceives as available capacity. Some other streamers don't, and in so doing crowd out other content while not delivering the high quality they pretend to be.

Lots of people these days, especially cord-cutters, are displaying their phone video on external screens like Fred's 42-inch TV.

-GAWollman