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Commission claims AT&T slowed connections of unlimited data plan customers that exceeded data of 3GB.
On June 17, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that communications provider AT&T Mobility will face a penalty of $100 million for its violation of the Open Internet Transparency rule. Commission officials said the wireless phone and data provider engaged in deceptive tactics that hid data plan details from consumers.
In 2007 AT&T began offering an unlimited data plan service that entitled consumers to use as much data as they wanted. That unlimited plan was discontinued in 2010, but consumers who had previously elected for it received “grandfathered” status, and could continue using the plan if they renewed it on a monthly basis. In 2011, however, AT&T updated its terms of service, and implemented the Maximum Bit Rate Policy, which gave the provider the ability to slow connection speeds once a user had surpassed 3GB of data usage.
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