*(Via LA Times) – Wireless carrier AT&T could be forced to pay $100 million after the Federal Communications Commission found that the company had slowed data networks for unlimited plan holders without informing them, the agency said Wednesday..
“Consumers deserve to get what they pay for,” said FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler in a statement. “The FCC will not stand idly by while consumers are deceived by misleading marketing materials and insufficient disclosure.”
The proposed fine represents the largest in FCC history, according to FCC spokesman Neil Grace, and was calculated after the agency estimated that AT&T had earned billions from locking consumers into plans falsely advertised as “unlimited.”
AT&T defended its practices, saying the FCC had approved them as “legitimate,” and said it would “vigorously dispute” the findings.
“We have been fully transparent with our customers, providing notice in multiple ways and going well beyond the FCC’s disclosure requirements,” the company said in a statement.
The FCC said millions of AT&T unlimited customers felt lags on their mobile systems for an average of 12 days during each billing cycle.
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