We use our smartphones a lot: when we are lost, when proving to a friend our random fact is indeed correct, to text, and, oh yeah, actually place calls. And why shouldn’t we? Might as well take advantage of unlimited data plans. But like our mother always taught us, if unlimited sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
While wireless providers offer unlimited data plans for a hefty price each month, they are also slowing down users’ phone speed. The practice, known as throttling, slows down the operating speed on customers phones if they are in the top percentage of data usage.
ATT (T), which charges around $30 a month for unlimited data plans, has taken to reducing...