FOX News: AT&T to pay $700,000 for overcharging customers

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AT&T to pay $700,000 for overcharging customers Nov 7th 2012, 16:33 NEW YORK –  AT&T agreed to pay the federal government $700,000 and offer refunds to customers for mistakenly forcing some smartphone users into monthly data plans. In late 2009, AT&T began to require new smartphone customers to subscribe to monthly data plans. Existing subscribers with pay-per-use plans or no plan at all had to get a monthly plan when they upgraded to a new smartphone. The requirement wasn't supposed to apply when subscribers replaced a lost or broken phone through an insurance program or warranty, or if they moved to a different AT&T service area. But a computer error moved those customers into monthly plans anyway. AT&T Inc. now must offer to restore the older plans and give refunds, which the Federal Communications Commission said could be up to $30 a month. AT&T said that the issue affected a small number of customers and that those who contacted AT&T had already been given refunds. Tuesday's agreement with the FCC requires the Dallas company to post notices on consumers' bills and offer them a chance to return to a pay-per-use plan or drop data use entirely.

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