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AT&T Dodges Lawsuit for Unlimited Data Choke.
« on: March 29, 2016, 10:34:17 PM »
First reported two weeks ago...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Lawyers-Dodge-Class-Action-Suit-for-LTE-Throttling-136483
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AT&T has managed to successfully tap dance around a class action lawsuit filed by customers whose "unlimited" wireless data connections were throttled without AT&T making the restrictions clear. US District Court Judge Edward Chen has told customers suing the telco for its misleading throttling practices that they can't sue as part of a class action -- because they signed a contract with AT&T locking them into binding arbitration.
The practice of eroding user legal rights with mouse print is an AT&T tactic that is now standard across numerous industries, and was upheld by the Supreme Court back in 2011. Binding arbitration usually involves disputes being settled by an arbitrator hired by the impacted company, who rules for his or her employer the vast majority of the time.
Similar complaints have been filed earlier for other ISP companies that use the LTE network or otherwise offer fast speed and unlimited data plans for smartphone users.
What about your smartphone?  :)

LTE  =     a 4G mobile communications standard.
    "users of the LTE network should see data speeds that are up to 10 times faster than the current 3G network"