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Federal Contractor Misconduct Database (FCMD)
The federal government routinely awards contracts to companies with
histories of misconduct, including
…
contract fraud and other
violations. POGO believes that providing this website will help to
improve contracting decisions and increase public knowledge of how
the government spends billions of taxpayer dollars each year.
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Unlimited Data Plan “Throttling”
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a complaint against AT&T Mobility, claiming the company misled millions of smartphone customers by charging them for “unlimited” data plans while reducing their data speeds, in some cases by nearly 90 percent. The FTC alleged that the company failed to adequately inform unlimited data plan customers that, if they reach a certain amount of data use in a given billing cycle, AT&T reduces – or “throttles” – their data speeds to the point that many common mobile phone applications become difficult or nearly impossible to use. The FTC alleged that, in 2011, AT&T began throttling data speeds for its unlimited data plan customers after they used as little as 2 gigabytes of data in a billing period. The FTC claimed AT&T throttled at least 3.5 million unique customers a total of more than 25 million times. In 2019, AT&T settled the case for $60 million. See related AT&T instance, “Misleading Consumers About Unlimited Data Plans”.
- Misconduct Type
- Consumer Affairs
- Enforcement Agency
- FTC
- Contracting Party
- None
- Court Type
- Civil
- Disposition
- Settlement
- Date of Complaint
- 10/28/2014
Contractors Involved |
Penalty |
Total |
|
AT&T Inc. |
Undisclosed
|