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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Judge awards iPhone user $850 in throttling case
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Fri Feb 24 20:11:04 2012
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:37:48 -0800
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Judge awards iPhone user $850 in throttling case
http://j.mp/zp3bLj (AP / Yahoo)
"SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - When AT&T started slowing down the data
service for his iPhone, Matt Spaccarelli, an unemployed truck driver
and student, took the country's largest telecommunications company to
small claims court. And won. His award: $850. Pro-tem Judge Russell
Nadel found in favor of Spaccarelli in Ventura Superior Court in Simi
Valley on Friday, saying it wasn't fair for the company to purposely
slow down his iPhone, when it had sold him an "unlimited data" plan."
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Attempts to reach the judge for comment have all failed, with
reporters reaching a "The party you are dialing has been permanently
and irrevocably disconnected forever" message.
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