AT&T to throttle data speeds for heaviest wireless users

AT&T's announcement that it would slow down the speed of wireless service for its heaviest data users on unlimited plans has left some of its loyal customers irate and confused.

AT&T said Friday that it would throttle speeds of the top 5 percent of data consumers on its unlimited data plans beginning Oct. 1. These big data users are mostly long-time subscribers who were able to keep unlimited plans after June 2010, when AT&T stopped offering them to new customers.

The problem is AT&T won't say who exactly these customers are and how much data consumption would trigger the slowdown.

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Karen Tumulty 02 Aug, 2011

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