AT&T Hit with Class Action Lawsuit Over Phantom Data
Inconclusive Study.
I suspect because of this, that we will hear more about studies for the other platforms, but until then, I feel they should've remained quiet until a full scope is concluded.
John B.
This reeks of typical ambulance chaser legal practices.
Cory and Trevor Lahey said:
It is inconclusive, because there is a variable that is not taken into consideration when conducting this study. Studying other platforms with the same standards and guidelines. That would be a conclusive experiment. SCIENCE!
I agree that to an extent. It has to be one or the other unless the tests were done improperly to begin with (bad testing equipment for example).
But, it comes down to this: Are the devices reporting incorrect data usage or is AT&T charging additional "phantom data".
The problem is that even if another operating system or device is tested, AT&T could easily make the claim that that device/OS also is misreporting the true data usage.
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would be NETWORKS. But, only AT&T has tiered internet right now, so a billing comparison is impossible. The only real challenge would be to the computing firm's methods, which AT&T didn't address: they only addressed what a typical consumer would know. They didn't acknowledge the third party agency in their response. To me, that's a red flag right there.
The suit shouldn't take aim at anything until evidence of other platforms are consistant with the ios claim.
ATT may or may not be gouging their ios subscribers. But to single out just ios, is not totally justified. The question is whether ATT is or is not doing the same thing to subscribers with other platforms before filing on just the part of ios. This will better determine whether it is the fault of ATT or the platform itself or ATT singling out their ios subscribers. We also haven't heard if this is or is not happening with the VZW ios variant. This is very important.
I admit that this sounds suspicious on th...
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