Throttling lives on, just in smaller print

The Federal Trade Commission announced a $60-million settlement from wireless giant AT&T for not playing straight with the public. The issue is "throttling" and wireless companies intentionally slowing down your speed to near unusable levels if you consume too much of its "unlimited" data. AT&T said it was sorry, that the practice was way in the past – dating back to 2011 – and that it had moved on to different policies. But, actually, AT&T hasn't stopped throttling. Neither has Verizon, T-Mobile or soon to be swallowed up Sprint. AT&T and its rivals are just more upfront about it now. What hasn't changed is the game of semantics the wireless companies play.