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I don't know if they can tell, but they really cannot enforce you to watch 1080p video on youtube.

But you'd only get 1.5MBPS max for video streaming.

That is if the 1080p content is rated under 1.5mbps you can still watch it smoothly.

But if its more than 1.5 than you will experience buffering.

 

To answer the question if there will be repercussion, absolutely not.

You're not breaking any rules, and even if you do, it's not worth it for them to sue you for this.

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Hi, IDK if this is exactly the right subforum but I hope it's close enough.

 

I have the AT&T "Unlimited and More" plan, and on https://www.att.com/plans/unlimited-data-plans.html it says "On AT&T Unlimited &MoreSM, for all data usage, customer may temporarily experience reduced speeds on these line(s) during times of network congestion. Video streaming is limited to 1.5 Mbps (SD quality)."

 

 When I used my old phone from AT&T (shitty ZTE Maven 3), I could never increase any video quality over 480p (the option wasn't even there for anything, not even when I was on wifi lol). But I got my new LG G3, and now I can watch videos in up to 1080p (I think I once even saw the 1440p option available) even on just 4g.

 

So now I'm just slightly curious if AT&T can tell I'm doing it, and if it's likely I'll see any repercussions. 

 

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I don't know if they can tell, but they really cannot enforce you to watch 1080p video on youtube.

But you'd only get 1.5MBPS max for video streaming.

That is if the 1080p content is rated under 1.5mbps you can still watch it smoothly.

But if its more than 1.5 than you will experience buffering.

 

To answer the question if there will be repercussion, absolutely not.

You're not breaking any rules, and even if you do, it's not worth it for them to sue you for this.

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5 minutes ago, Adorable Cat said:

Hi, IDK if this is exactly the right subforum but I hope it's close enough.

 

I have the AT&T "Unlimited and More" plan, and on https://www.att.com/plans/unlimited-data-plans.html it says "On AT&T Unlimited &MoreSM, for all data usage, customer may temporarily experience reduced speeds on these line(s) during times of network congestion. Video streaming is limited to 1.5 Mbps (SD quality)."

 

 When I used my old phone from AT&T (shitty ZTE Maven 3), I could never increase any video quality over 480p (the option wasn't even there for anything, not even when I was on wifi lol). But I got my new LG G3, and now I can watch videos in up to 1080p (I think I once even saw the 1440p option available) even on just 4g.

 

So now I'm just slightly curious if AT&T can tell I'm doing it, and if it's likely I'll see any repercussions. 

 

They can see the bitrate that video is streaming to your device, but they dont know what that data is unless they are doing DPI of some sort. 

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Just now, Brink2Three said:

They can see the bitrate that video is streaming to your device, but they dont know what that data is unless they are doing DPI of some sort. 

 

2 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

To answer the question if there will be repercussion, absolutely not.

You're not breaking any rules, and even if you do, it's not worth it for them to sue you for this.

Alright, thanks!

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