FTC Nails TracFone for $40M Over False Advertising
Throttled is still unlimited
This is a bunch of crap.
Carriers should be allowed to throttle if they feel they need to in order to keep enough bandwidth open for all their customers. The cable companies do this.
This throttling shouldn't be a surprise if people actually read their service agreements.
Are they not getting unlimited data? just a little slower?
Why is it TracFone's fault people don't read?
Carriers should be allowed to throttle if they feel they need to in order to keep enough bandwidth open for all their customers. The cable companies do this.
This throttling shouldn't be a surprise if people actually read their service agreements.
Are they not getting unlimited data? just a little slower?
Why is it TracFone's fault people don't read?
i dont believe that was the point, yes every carrier throtles but the way that they did it is what aused them to have to pay, plus it wasnt just throttling some were cut off completely.
the about the ine print i have a problem with because everyon...
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the about the ine print i have a problem with because everyon...
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It is ridiculous, it's not even a question of reading the fine print, it is bothering to read at all. Next to the word 'unlimited' is an asterix, which if you follow it says '3 GB of high speed data and then 2G speeds for the rest of the billing cycl...
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I don't think you understand what Unlimited means.
un·lim·it·ed adjective \-ˈli-mə-təd\
: without any limits or restrictions
: not limited in number or amount
So that means that any company at all that advertises unlimite...
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un·lim·it·ed adjective \-ˈli-mə-təd\
: without any limits or restrictions
: not limited in number or amount
So that means that any company at all that advertises unlimite...
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Are they going to fine Everybody?
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?
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?
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 the...
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