Items tagged with data throttling

by Brandon Hill - Wed, Jan 28, 2015

TracFone Hit With $40 Million FTC Fine For Shady Business Practices, Throttling ‘Unlimited’ Plans

As we’ve shown in the past, the FTC doesn’t take too kindly to “unlimited” data plans that are anything but. Companies like AT&T and Verizon Wireless still honor grandfather unlimited data plans, and in the past have throttled customers once they reached a certain threshold (5GB in the case of customers on AT&T’s... Read more...

by Sean Knight - Tue, Oct 28, 2014

A Throttling: FTC Files Suit Against AT&T For ‘Misleading Customers With Unlimited Data Promises’

Today, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission filed suit against AT&T stating that the wireless carrier misled and deceived millions of its customers through data throttling for those with its unlimited data plan. On top of that, customers who cancelled their accounts because of throttling we then charged early termination... Read more...

by Joel Hruska - Thu, Jul 31, 2014

FCC Chief "Deeply Troubled" By Verizon Throttling, Demands Explanation

For years, Verizon and the other telcos have imposed limits on supposedly "Unlimited" data plans and justified those limits with dubious appeals to network quality of service. While throttling data usage makes a great deal of sense in certain contexts (downtown rush hour being an excellent example), most companies... Read more...