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AT&T Should Be Investigated For 'Fraudulent' Data Policies, Says PK

zacharye writes "AT&T on Monday announced a new plan that will let developers pay for the data used by their apps and services. The data consumed by apps that make use of this new feature would not apply toward a user's data cap. The new service was pitched as a way for content providers to ease customers' growing concerns over wireless data usage, however one public interest group sees the feature as a slap in the face to AT&T subscribers. 'This new plan is unfortunate because it shows how fraudulent the AT&T data cap is, and calls into question the whole rationale of the data caps,' Harold Feld, legal director of Public Knowledge, said in a statement. 'Apparently it has nothing to do with network management. It's a tool to get more revenue from developers and customers.'"

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  1. Monopoly behaviour by ackthpt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Break 'em up!

    Oh, have we been here before?

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    A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar