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FTC: Unlimited Data With Throttling is Not Truly Unlimited

Tim January 28, 2015 167

Today, news is breaking from the FTC's order for TracFone, a prepaid service provider, to pay $40 million for slowing the speeds of customers who have paid for 'unlimited' data plans. While the act of throttling data speeds is not exactly frowned upon, the way...

T-Mobile Agrees to Pay at Least $90 Million for Obscuring Premium SMS Charges

Kyle December 22, 2014 17

AT&T paid $105 million to settle allegations by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it profited from stuffing subscribers' bills with premium texting fees. Now it's T-Mobile's turn. Facing identical charges, the "Uncarrier" announced last Friday that...

FTC Suing AT&T for Throttling Top Data Users, AT&T Claims Allegations are Baseless

Tim October 28, 2014 116

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made a complaint against AT&T public this morning, claiming that over the course of the past few years, every time AT&T throttled a customer who had an unlimited data plan, it was breaking the law. To be exact, this...

AT&T to Pay $105 Million in Shady Bill Charges Settlement

Tim October 8, 2014 25

In court, today was a bad day for AT&T. In one of the largest phone cramming settlements to date, the wireless operator has been ordered to pay a total of $105 million, much of which will go back to customers who were being charged roughly $9.99 a month...

Congressman Promises to Limit FTC’s Power if Anti-Trust Case is Brought Against Google

Eric October 15, 2012 85

The news that Google may have an FTC case on its hands isn't even a week old, but it is looking to turn into quite the controversy already. The FTC has been investigating Google as to whether or not they favored their own products in search results over the...