AT&T to pay $60M over U.S. allegations it lied in 'unlimited data' pledge

Re:AT&T to pay $60M over U.S. allegations it lied in 'unlimi... by r00fus on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @05:10PM (#21457302)

Are you really surprised with this administration? I'd guess if I were a business with a pending investigation/lawsuit, I'd push really hard to "do business" with this environment, as opposed to what may come in 2021.

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Re:AT&T to pay $60M over U.S. allegations it lied in 'unlimi... by Domenic_S on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @05:35PM (#21457510)

Some people will make anything an opportunity to say "orange man bad". Here's some other history:

* (2014) Verizon settles an overbilling case for $64MM, of which only $36MM went to payouts. [0]

* (2015) Verizon settles a robocalling class action for only $4MM. [1]

* (2009) Sprint settles an ETF class action for only $17.5MM [2]

* (2015) Sprint pays only $131MM to settle a lawsuit about their bungled $36 BILLION merger with Nextel [3]

This has far less to do with "this administration" and far more to do with how business is run in America. I'm not saying it's right, not at all, but I do want to point out that buying into this partisan nonsense distracts us (voters) from actually changing the system meaningfully (where "meaningful" is creating an environment where this doesn't happen).

[0] https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/closed-settl...

[1] And more... https://moneyinc.com/10-verizon-lawsuits-you-should-know-abo...

[2] https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/sprint-settling-clas...

[3] https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/sprint-pays-131m-to-...

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