The nation's largest prepaid mobile provider, TracFone, will pay $40 million to settle government claims that it misled smartphone customers with promises of unlimited data service. The Federal Trade ...

Tracfone has doubled the data allowance on its Unlimited Talk & Text plans at no extra cost to customers. Hotspot functionality is now available on all UTT plans, previously limited to the $40 plan.

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The Federal Trade Commission building in Washington, D.C., is seen Jan. 28, 2015. The nation's largest prepaid mobile provider, TracFone Wireless, will pay $40 million to settle government claims that ...

Although unlimited data was a promise carriers like AT&T once used to lure potential customers to their network, it doesn’t really exist anymore. Even if you have an unlimited data contract, carriers ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has fined TracFone — the largest prepaid mobile provider in the U.S. — $40 million for telling customers that they have “unlimited” data service, then throttling ...

SAN FRANCISCO — TracFone Wireless Inc., the nation's largest provider of prepaid cellphone service, has agreed to pay $40 million to the Federal Trade Commission to settle charges that it reduced ...

TracFone has agreed to pay $40 million "to settle charges that it deceived millions of consumers with hollow promises of 'unlimited' data service," the Federal Trade Commission announced today.

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The Federal Trade Commission is ordering US wireless carrier TracFone to pay $40 million as a penalty for promising “unlimited” data to customers, but then throttling connection speeds or canceling ...