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AT&T will ask Supreme Court to cripple the FTC’s authority over broadband
AT&T will appeal to the Supreme Court in an attempt to avoid a government lawsuit over its throttling of unlimited data plans. The Federal Trade Commission sued AT&T in October 2014 in US District Court in Northern California, alleging that AT&T promised unlimited data to wireless customers and then throttled their speeds by as much as 90 percent. In response, AT&T argues that the FTC has no jurisdiction over any aspect of AT&T's business because the FTC lacks authority to regulate common carriers.
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The same FTC that the FCC claims will have authority over broadband when the net neutrality repeal goes through... hmmm... also, I love how they claim to be a common carrier for this but screamed they aren't common carriers for the net neutrality stuff.
Interesting how that works out,isen't it.