AT&T agreed to pay $700,000 as part of a consent...
AT&T agreed to pay $700,000 as part of a consent decree to resolve complaints that the company switched certain consumers to its mandatory monthly wireless data plans even though it had promised they could retain their existing pay-as-you-go data plans…
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(http://xrl.us/bnyhsx), the FCC said. “AT&T has agreed to refund excess charges paid by individual customers, which could be as much as $25 to $30 a month, depending on data use,” the agency said. “The transfers began occurring in November 2009, shortly after AT&T required first-time smartphone subscribers or those who upgraded their phones to enroll in monthly data plans. Consumer complaints prompted the FCC to launch an investigation last year."