AT&T deceived its customers by charging them for "unlimited" data plans and then reducing mobile Internet speeds for heavy users, the Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday. In a blog on the FTC's website, FTC attorney Lisa Weintraub Schifferle says the FTC also sued AT&T because the company kept customers from using data that they paid for and then forced them to pay early termination fees when they tried to get out of their AT&T contracts. The FTC's complaint is objecting to AT&T's use of the word "unlimited," and charging customers for a service they are not receiving. At least 3.5 million unique customers were affected, the FTC said.
