Verizon's always-on throttling is an affront to customers and net neutrality [telecom]

Anyone who uses Verizon is now going to have a worse experience streaming video.

By Nathan Ingraham

Well, it was nice while it lasted. Today Verizon (the biggest carrier in the US) announced it was doing away with its simple and fair unlimited wireless-data plan and complicating things by instead offering three plans. Two of those cost more, and all three come with compromise. Customers who pick the cheapest plan can have their data speeds throttled at any time. Video won't stream above 480p, and tethering data is limited to the ludicrously slow speed of

600Kbps. Meanwhile, opting for the more expensive plan limits you to
720p video on phones and 1080p video on tablets, and you'll only be throttled if the network is congested and you've used more than 22GB of data in one billing cycle. (The third plan is aimed at business customers.)