[telecom] FTC sues ATT over supposed 'unlimited" data

Oct 28, 2014 0 Replies

FTC press release]



"The Federal Trade Commission filed a federal court complaint against AT&T Mobility, LLC, charging that the company has misled millions of its smartphone customers by charging them for "unlimited" data plans while reducing their data speeds, in some cases by nearly 90 percent.



The FTC's complaint alleges that the company failed to adequately disclose to its customers on unlimited data plans that, if they reach a certain amount of data use in a given billing cycle, AT&T reduces - or "throttles" - their data speeds to the point that many common mobile phone applications - like web browsing, GPS navigation and watching streaming video - become difficult or nearly impossible to use. ==== rest:

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