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Released: August 02, 2011
AT&T to throttle data speeds
Source: Cecilia Kang & Hayley Tsukayama, Washington Post (Free Registration)
AT&T’s announcement that it would slow down the speed of wireless service for its heaviest data users on unlimited plans has left some of its loyal customers irate and confused. AT&T said Friday that it would throttle speeds of the top 5 percent of data consumers on its unlimited data plans beginning Oct. 1. These big data users are mostly long-time subscribers who were able to keep unlimited plans after June 2010, when AT&T stopped offering them to new customers.Read Full Article: AT&T to throttle data speeds
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