The Federal Communications Commission today announced that it plans to punish AT&T to the tune of $100 million for allegedly misleading consumers about unlimited wireless data plans, according to multiple reports.
The FCC contends that the telecom giant sold data plans advertised as unlimited only to slow down customers' data speeds after they went over a data-usage threshold in a billing period. The FCC found that millions of AT&T customers were affected by the practice, which was implemented in 2011 and prompted thousands of complaints to the agency.
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