FCC seeks $100 million AT&T fine

WASHINGTON: The US telecommunications regulator said Wednesday it plans to fine AT&T $100 million after the company sharply slowed down data speeds to customers of its unlimited mobile data plans.
The Federal Communications Commission said the company misled millions of customers who subscribed to AT&T Mobility´s unlimited data services.
The FCC alleged that AT&T “severely slowed down the data speeds for customers with unlimited data plans and that the company failed to adequately notify its customers that they could receive speeds slower than the normal network speeds AT&T advertised.”
The company´s tactics violated the 2010 Open Internet Transparency Rule by ratcheting down data transfer speeds to customers, the FCC said.
“Consumers deserve to get what they pay for,” FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said in a statement.
“The FCC will not stand idly by while consumers are deceived by misleading marketing materials and insufficient disclosure.”