Verizon Exempts Fios Mobile App From Data Caps

With the worry over possible net neutrality violations at present in its rearview, Verizon is pumping the gas on unlimited video streaming.

The company on Th appear that Fios subscribers can now stream video with the Fios Mobile app without using up whatsoever of their data. The offer applies to Fios customers who as well use Verizon for their mobile phone service, with one exception: those on the new unlimited plan.

"For Verizon Unlimited customers, app data usage will be counted," the Fios Mobile update release notes specify, a caveat starting time noticed by The Verge. Verizon begins throttling unlimited users during times of network congestion after they have gone through 22GB of information in a month.

The Fios Mobile app lets you stream more than 140 alive channels, watch your recorded DVR shows and movies, and access thousands of On Demand titles wherever you are. Now, some customers can stream all the TV, DVR, and on-demand shows they want, data costless. To take advantage of this new perk, just download the nigh contempo version of the Fios Mobile app, and you should exist good to go.

Verizon too lets its wireless customers lookout video from its Go90 mobile app without touching their data.

Rival AT&T exempts DirecTV Now streaming from mobile data caps.

The proclamation comes after the Federal Communications Committee terminal month dropped its investigations into the practise of zero-rating, or exempting certain kinds of content from a client's data cap. At the fourth dimension, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, a noted cyberspace neutrality critic, said that wireless carriers' gratuitous information programs were good for consumers. He suggested that the FCC would no longer consider these types of programs as violations of internet neutrality laws.

"These free-data plans accept proven to be popular among consumers, particularly low-income Americans, and have enhanced competition in the wireless marketplace," Pai said in a statement. "Going forward, the Federal Communications Committee will not focus on denying Americans free data."

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Angela Moscaritolo is PCMag'south expert on fitness and smart home products. Teaching yoga for well-nigh 10 years has helped her in evaluating a range of connected health products including fitness trackers, center rate monitors, rowers, smart scales, stationary bikes, strength training machines, treadmills, and more. Angela also tests smart dwelling devices from her ranch in Florida, including air purifiers, kitchen appliances, and robot vacuums, just to proper noun a few.