Civil Litigation,
Government
Nov. 6, 2019
AT&T settles FTC data throttling charges for $60M
The wireless provider began reducing speeds in 2011 for customers paying for “unlimited” data plans.
AT&T Mobility LLC will pay $60 million to settle charges the wireless provider misled millions of its smartphone customers by charging them for "unlimited" data plans while reducing their data speeds, the Federal Trade Commission announced Tuesday. According to the commission, AT&T began reducing the data speeds for customers on its unlimited plan in 2011, slowing speeds to 128 KB per second once their usage reached a certain level during a billing cycle. <...
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