The Federal Communications Commission slapped AT&T with a $100 million fine Wednesday, accusing the country's second-largest cellular carrier of improperly slowing down Internet speeds for customers who had signed up for "unlimited" data plans.
The FCC found that when customers used up a certain amount of data watching movies or browsing the Web, AT&T "throttled" their Internet speeds so that they were much slower than normal. Millions of AT&T customers were affected by the practice, according to the FCC...
The fine, which AT&T says it will fight, is the largest ever levied by the agency.
AT&T implemented the practice in 2011, prompting thousands of customers to complain to the FCC, according to an agency statement.
By not properly disclosing the policy to consumers who thought they were getting "unlimited" data, the company violated the FCC's rules on corporate transparency, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said in a statement.
"Consumers deserve to get what they pay for,” FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said in a statement.
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