AT&T gets hit with a $100 million fine from the FCC

The FCC is planning to make AT&T pay $100 million for "misleading" customers about their unlimited data plans, it announced today.

AT&T slowed down the data speeds for customers who were on the unlimited plan, but never told them they would be receiving slower than normal service, the FCC's investigation reportedly found. It's what's known as "throttling" a connection.

The FCC says it received thousands of complaints after AT&T started capping data in 2011, and the company's throttling practices affected millions of people. The connection was allegedly slowed an average of 12 days per billing cycle, "significantly impeding their ability to use common data applications such as GPS mapping or streaming video".

"Unlimited means unlimited," said FCC Enforcement Bureau Chief Travis LeBlanc in the release. AT&T reportedly plans to "vigorously dispute" the decision.

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