$850. :-/
Thanks +Euro Maestro for the post and +Christopher Lynn for the share!
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Customer sues AT&T for throttling and wins
Have an unlimited data plan but are getting throttled ?
This customer sued and won $850 plus court costs. Had an unlimited plan but was throttled on AT&T's network.
AT&T offered a settlement but he refused. AT&T chose not to appeal. I suspect they don't want the publicity. That's where we come in. 🙂 Let's spread the word.
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AT&T pays disgruntled iPhone user in throttling case
A judge in Southern California last month awarded $850 to an iPhone user who was throttled on AT&T’s network. The plaintiff, Matt Spaccarelli,Â
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Yea but the he says he will use the money to help him cancel his contract. So you win that money to use it to pay them back with it .
#Fail
+Marcel Bennett Too funny. That is exactly what I was thinking but just went for the emoticon when I wrote out the post instead. Nice. 😉
AT&T established a policy to remove class action lawsuits.
Since this single person won for throttling, EVERYONE who is an AT&T customer should likewise sue and use this win as precedent.
Class action lawsuits exist to keep the courts from clogging.
Clog those bastards and make AT&T regret it.
Hope they do.
I should do the same to T-Mobile since i am stilk technically still paying for a grandfathered unlimited plan
Call me dumb here but, what is throttling?
+Kaydie Wells Sorry, I put this in a tab to get back to and somehow missed it! Check out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth_throttling
Basically, the ISP determines for some reason you no longer get the bandwidth you would normally have and they cripple you.