US sues AT&T over alleged data throttling on phone plans

DATA THROTTLER?: The AT&T logo is pictured by its store in Carlsbad, California

The U.S. Government sued AT&T Inc, alleging the No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier sold consumers unlimited data plans but would reduce their Internet speeds once they exceeded a certain amount of data.

The Federal Trade Commission said this throttling of Internet feeds was deceptive and that in some cases data speeds were slowed by nearly 90%.