The FCC today announced a $48 million settlement with T-Mobile over T-Mobile’s failure to adequately disclose limits on data plans that they had marketed as “unlimited”.
The plans actually capped users at 17 GB per month, after which users experienced throttled speeds when and where the network was congested. The FCC felt these limits were inadequately disclosed and fined the company $7.5 million directly.
T-Mobile is also required to give up to $35.5 million in discounts to affected customers, and give $5 million to schools. Going forward, the company has agreed to new rules regarding “unlimited” plans. It will be required to advertise such limits more clearly and alert users when they are approaching those limits.
