Recently published research suggests the four major wireless carriers are throttling video traffic and three Senate Democrats want to know what’s going on. Senators Edward Markey (Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (Conn.), and Ron Wyden (Ore.) sent letters to AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless about the allegations with a demand for a formal explanation from each. “All online […]
AT&T today indicated it is prepared to settle with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over allegations that it throttled users’ mobile data speeds without property informing them. AT&T advertised “unlimited” mobile data, but slowed users’ speeds once they crossed a certain threshold. The FTC first sued AT&T over the matter in 2014, but that case […]
A federal judge sided with AT&T and said consumers suing the carrier over its throttling practices cannot work together as a group. Instead, customers must pursue individual arbitration with the carrier, per their signed user agreements. AT&T stands accused of throttling customers who paid for unlimited data plans once they consumed a certain amount of data […]
T-Mobile is using semantics to take on YouTube’s accusations of throttling. YouTube claims T-Mobile has been throttling YouTube on its network since the launch of Binge On, T-Mobile’s unlimited video streaming program. “Reducing data charges can be good for users, but it doesn’t justify throttling all video services, especially without explicit user consent,” said YouTube […]
Sprint today said it will begin slowing the data speeds of its heaviest users, which amounts to a massive policy change for the carrier. Sprint has long sought to differentiate itself from competitors by maintaining an unlimited plan with no throttling or overage charges. Beginning today, however, customers who exceed 23GB of data in a […]
AT&T is not happy about the FCC’s proposed $100 million fine levied against the carrier regarding its throttling practices. The FCC last month alleged that AT&T did not properly inform grandfathered unlimited customers about its network management techniques, which included slowing their internet speeds. In a filing, AT&T called the FCC’s actions unprecedented and indefensible. “It […]
AT&T has altered the wording of its network management policies such that customers with grandfathered-in “unlimited” plans won’t be throttled as aggressively. Under the old policy, AT&T throttled the speeds of unlimited LTE 4G customers once they exceeded 5 GB of data in a single month. Those users’ speeds were ramped down to 2.5G speeds […]
Just after of Verizon’s announcement that it will periodically throttle the LTE speeds of its most prodigious users during times of network congestion, a leak from T-Mobile has revealed a similar program — but with a different approach. Rather than targeting a certain percentage of the heaviest users without discrimination, the carrier plans to first […]
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler today indicated the agency has sent letters to AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile with questions pertaining to their network management policies. The issue bubbled to the surface recently when Verizon announced plans to throttle its heaviest unlimited LTE subscribers. In a letter to Verizon, Wheeler called the policy management criteria “deeply troubling.” […]
Verizon Wireless further defended its intent to throttle select customers of its unlimited LTE plans today, going so far as to suggest that its parameters are already familiar to the FCC. Last month, Verizon announced plans to slow down the data speeds of its heaviest unlimited LTE 4G customers in congested areas to protect the […]
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