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I've been on the AT&T unlimited plan for a long while now, and I've been looking forward to the day when I get a $10 settlement check in the mail whilst some la

by kolbe 12y ago

I've been on the AT&T unlimited plan for a long while now, and I've been looking forward to the day when I get a $10 settlement check in the mail whilst some law firm pulls in $200mm in legal fees.

philmcc 12y ago
$10 or... $850. One person sued them in small claims court and won. (http://www.mactech.com/2012/02/27/how-fight-att-data-throttling-small-claims-action http://www.mactech.com/2012/02/27/how-fight-att-data-throttl...) He outlines the steps on his website. (http://www.taporc.com/ http://www.taporc.com/)
- evandena 12y ago
  I thought you were forced to go to arbitration?
  - negativeview 12y ago
    Arbitration clauses may not be legal everywhere. Another shitty() reality is that companies love putting clauses in contracts that won't hold up in court because MANY people just assume that it must be legal and the rest of the contract is still binding, just not the illegal parts. () This is really done to protect mom and pop business. If they accidentally put in a clause that's not legal, it'd really suck if the entire contract were nullified. But big companies with bajillion dollar lawyers use this loophole to essentially intimidate their customers.
- tshaddox 12y ago
  Still, $850 is only a little over a year of my Internet bill.
  - higherpurpose 12y ago
    Only because your Internet is so expensive. I pay $13 for 200 Mbps down.
    - hsod 12y ago
      Are you just bragging or do you have a point?
    - baddox 12y ago
      Yes, the amount of Internet I can buy with a given amount of money depends on the price of Internet in my area.
  - wavefunction 12y ago
    That's a fair amount of money to be giving away for free to lawyers or AT&T.
karl_gluck 12y ago
You always have the option of exempting yourself from the claim, citing this case as precedent and suing them yourself.
Istof 12y ago
as long as someone else besides ATT enjoys that money and the situation gets resolved (but they need to also go after the other "unlimited" plans at other companies)

by kolbe 12y ago

I've been on the AT&T unlimited plan for a long while now, and I've been looking forward to the day when I get a $10 settlement check in the mail whilst some law firm pulls in $200mm in legal fees.

philmcc 12y ago

$10 or... $850. One person sued them in small claims court and won. (http://www.mactech.com/2012/02/27/how-fight-att-data-throttling-small-claims-action http://www.mactech.com/2012/02/27/how-fight-att-data-throttl...) He outlines the steps on his website. (http://www.taporc.com/ http://www.taporc.com/)

evandena 12y ago
I thought you were forced to go to arbitration?
- negativeview 12y ago
  Arbitration clauses may not be legal everywhere. Another shitty() reality is that companies love putting clauses in contracts that won't hold up in court because MANY people just assume that it must be legal and the rest of the contract is still binding, just not the illegal parts. () This is really done to protect mom and pop business. If they accidentally put in a clause that's not legal, it'd really suck if the entire contract were nullified. But big companies with bajillion dollar lawyers use this loophole to essentially intimidate their customers.
tshaddox 12y ago
Still, $850 is only a little over a year of my Internet bill.
- higherpurpose 12y ago
  Only because your Internet is so expensive. I pay $13 for 200 Mbps down.
  - hsod 12y ago
    Are you just bragging or do you have a point?
  - baddox 12y ago
    Yes, the amount of Internet I can buy with a given amount of money depends on the price of Internet in my area.
- wavefunction 12y ago
  That's a fair amount of money to be giving away for free to lawyers or AT&T.

karl_gluck 12y ago

You always have the option of exempting yourself from the claim, citing this case as precedent and suing them yourself.

Istof 12y ago

as long as someone else besides ATT enjoys that money and the situation gets resolved (but they need to also go after the other "unlimited" plans at other companies)