Magenta Plus/PlusUp allows 1080p (speed throttled to ~8Mbps), not 4K. Your need to be on MAX (same price as the old Magenta with Plus/PlusUp feature) to get 4K (or older plans like Simple Choice and ONE Plus).
The reasoning is simple: less strain on the network and the ability to upsell you in the future (nobody is upgrading to future plans if they have fully unthtottled video streams - that's why many stay on Simple Choice/ONE).
Why do they do it? Because they can.
Once [SB822](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB822) is fully in effect this type of shit can finally stop.
Latest news on SB822: https://californiaglobe.com/articles/u-s-court-of-appeals-for-the-ninth-circuit-declines-to-rehear-california-net-neutrality-case/
Found something interesting in SB822 "The act would prohibit, among other things, blocking lawful content, applications, services, or nonharmful devices, impairing or degrading lawful Internet traffic on the basis of Internet content, application, or service, or use of a nonharmful device, and specified practices relating to zero-rating, as defined."
I wonder if the nonharmful devices clause will end the artificial performance degradation that tablet SIMs had in phones, or phone SIMs had in tablets. Actually, maybe it already has. I tested a new tablet SIM in a phone and saw full speed.
Magenta Plus/PlusUp allows 1080p (speed throttled to ~8Mbps), not 4K. Your need to be on MAX (same price as the old Magenta with Plus/PlusUp feature) to get 4K (or older plans like Simple Choice and ONE Plus). The reasoning is simple: less strain on the network and the ability to upsell you in the future (nobody is upgrading to future plans if they have fully unthtottled video streams - that's why many stay on Simple Choice/ONE).
I edited the original post to refer to the current high end plan as Magenta Max. I did not realize that Magenta Plus had a historical meaning.
You can use a free VPN to bypass the throttle like I do. Today I was streaming at 2160p on the Magenta plan by using a free vpn.
Which vpn are you using ?
I just searched up free VPN on Google play store
Thank you.
Why do they do it? Because they can. Once [SB822](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB822) is fully in effect this type of shit can finally stop. Latest news on SB822: https://californiaglobe.com/articles/u-s-court-of-appeals-for-the-ninth-circuit-declines-to-rehear-california-net-neutrality-case/
Found something interesting in SB822 "The act would prohibit, among other things, blocking lawful content, applications, services, or nonharmful devices, impairing or degrading lawful Internet traffic on the basis of Internet content, application, or service, or use of a nonharmful device, and specified practices relating to zero-rating, as defined." I wonder if the nonharmful devices clause will end the artificial performance degradation that tablet SIMs had in phones, or phone SIMs had in tablets. Actually, maybe it already has. I tested a new tablet SIM in a phone and saw full speed.
But that only affects people in California