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Court Refuses To Dismiss AT&T Throttling Case

Posted by Soulskill on from the time-to-pay-the-piper dept.

Taco Cowboy sends news that a federal judge has shot down AT&T's attempt to dismiss a lawsuit alleging the company deceived customers by throttling their mobile data speeds. The suit was filed by the Federal Trade Commission after it found AT&T was charging customers for "unlimited" data plans, but then throttling their bandwidth once certain thresholds were reached. AT&T tried to have the suit thrown out by saying the FTC was exceeding its authority. Judge Edward Chen disagrees (PDF), saying jurisdiction for their conduct had not yet passed to the Federal Communications Commission when it occurred. The throttling affected "at least 3.5 million customers."

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  1. Read the fine print by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You, the moron that you were, were handed a contract, told to read it and if you agreed to it to sign it, and you just signed it without reading a damn word of it.

    You agreed to throttling. You probably also agreed to give up your first born. Yes, I know that part's probably not legally enforceable, but do you have the lawyer fees and patience to fight it in court?

    Read the fine print before you sign a damn contract. I know it's long and has big words, but at least skim it, and if you disagree with any part of it, don't sign it.

    Jesus Fucking Christ, it's not that hard.