Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile’s ‘unlimited’ plans just got a $10M slap on the wrist
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#6MQCW)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile will pay a combined $10.22 million to a group of states to settle claims that the carriers lied to customers about their unlimited" plans and free" phone offers. The settlement, which follows an investigation from a coalition of 50 attorneys general, requires the three companies to make their advertisements more transparent.
Under the terms of the agreement, Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T can only advertise their plans as unlimited" if there are no limits on how much data someone can use during a billing cycle. The ads must clearly and conspicuously" say that restrictions on speed may apply, as well as specify the amount of data customers can use before triggering the slowdown.
Additionally, the attorneys...