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FTC Nails TracFone for $40M Over False Advertising

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Are they going to fine Everybody?

thebriang

Jan 28, 2015, 6:00 PM
Nearly Everyone throttles data for high users these days and has been for years now.
Much like Premium Text message scams, they are years late to the party, but it all seems more like cash grab by the .gov, seeing how the people that were impacted get so little.
So if they are gonna fine one, they should fine them all.

Like the Premium SMS scam, did they ever hit Verizon with that fine yet or did their lobbyists grease that wheel enough to get a pass?
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tlgreene1021

Jan 29, 2015, 9:09 PM
The issue is that they advertised UNLIMITED DATA and didn't state they were throttling and at what amount of data use it started to throttle. On top of that, their were customers that had data cut off all together, which is even worse considering they promised unlimited.
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