AT&T seeks to settle, quietly, with iPhone user

AT&T is offering to discuss a settlement to an iPhone user who won a small-claims case that alleged the company was slowing down his "unlimited" data service.

A law firm retained by AT&T also threatened in a March 9 letter to shut off Matthew Spaccarelli's phone service if he doesn't sit down to talk. The phone company doesn't say if the settlement would involve money beyond the $850 award the Simi Valley (CA) resident won from the company in small claims court on Feb. 24. In its letter, AT&T asked Spaccarelli to be quiet about the settlement talks, including the fact that it offered to start them, another common stipulation. Spaccarelli said he was not interested in settling, and forwarded the letter to The Associated Press.