Changing "Verizon" with "Verizon Wireless" doesn't change the argument:
> If I'm paying Netflix and paying Verizon Wireless for 40+ Mbps wouldn't this impact us? Shouldn't I be able to watch four shows at once if I pay my bill on time?
> We are implementing optimization and transcoding technologies in our network to transmit data files in a more efficient manner to allow available network capacity to benefit the greatest number of users. These techniques include caching less data, using less capacity, and sizing the video more appropriately for the device. The optimization process is agnostic to the content itself and to the website that provides it. While we invest much effort to avoid changing text, image, and video files in the compression process and while any change to the file is likely to be indiscernible, the optimization process may minimally impact the appearance of the file as displayed on your device. For a further, more detailed explanation of these techniques, please visit www.verizonwireless.com/vzwoptimization.
Resizing the data, changing the video compression, and potentially changing the text(!!) is not the data that I, the customer, asked them to deliver nor is it what I'm paying them for. Let me and my device worry about requesting the bits... And Verizon wireless can worry about sending me those bits at 40Mbps without worrying about how our why I want them and certainly (!) without modifying what the server sends to my end application. That's exactly what net neutrality is fighting for!
I perfectly understand the argument they're making (the link you provided is superfluous). It's just total BS; a red herring.
> If I'm paying Netflix and paying Verizon Wireless for 40+ Mbps wouldn't this impact us? Shouldn't I be able to watch four shows at once if I pay my bill on time?