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Saturday, October 13th, 2012

Quotation
AT&T is constantly trying to fool people about having the latest technology. No consumer should be forced to rely solely on claims from a repeat corporate offender like AT&T when buying a new smartphone. The bottom line is that consumers need reliable information about mobile broadband performance.
Laura Antonini, staff attorney for Consumer Watchdog. Consumer Watchdog is asking the Federal Communications Commission to require telecom giants to actually disclose their data speeds when marketing “4G” wireless connectivity.