A federal court has ruled against AT&T in a long-running case that found itself tied up in the net neutrality debate. AT&T had argued that the 2015 FCC order classifying it as a common carrier let it off the hook in a case brought against it by the FTC - which has no authority over common carriers. The case has been heard and reheard, but hopefully this judgment is the last.
The FTC suit alleged that AT&T illegally throttled mobile users with "unlimited" plans between 2011 and 2014. As the case was being heard - slowly - the 2015 net neutrality order came into effect, changing AT&T's broadband offerings from "information services" to "telecommunications services," a much-debated distinction ...
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