Accusations of deception: The FTC sued AT&T for allegedly failing to inform consumers it would slow the speeds of heavy data users on unlimited plans.
WASHINGTON: A federal appeals court in California on Monday dismissed a US government lawsuit that accused AT&T Inc of deception for reducing Internet speeds for customers with unlimited mobile data plans once their use exceeded certain levels.
The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said it reversed a lower court's denial of AT&T's motion to dismiss the "data-throttling" lawsuit, which was filed in 2014 by the Federal Trade Commission.
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