FTC Opens Claims Process for Some Former AT&T Customers -- Update
19 Januar 2023 - 10:08PM
Dow Jones News
By Will Feuer
The Federal Trade Commission said it has opened a claims process
for eligible former AT&T Inc. customers who haven't claimed a
refund related to the company's 2019 settlement with the FTC to
resolve allegations of misleading consumers about certain data
plans.
In 2019, AT&T agreed to pay $60 million to settle the FTC's
allegations that the wireless provider reduced customers' data
speeds while charging them for unlimited data plans.
The money was deposited into a fund that the company used to
provide partial refunds to current and former customers who were
affected.
However, the company hasn't been able to reach everyone who was
eligible for a refund, the FTC said Thursday. The FTC said $7
million remains in the fund and the agency will use that money to
provide partial refunds to eligible consumers, who can submit
claims on the FTC's website.
"While we continue to dispute the allegations in this lawsuit
from 2014, we elected to settle in 2019 rather than continue with
drawn-out litigation," an AT&T spokesman said.
Write to Will Feuer at Will.Feuer@wsj.com
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