AT&T Won't Appeal Decision in Throttling Suit

Before the court, Spaccarelli claimed his phone was being throttled afterwards reaching 1.5 to 2.0 gigabytes of data while a billing cycle. During voice calls and text messaging were relatively unaffected by the throttling, he conceded, Web browsing was painfully slow and streaming video nonexistent.

The small claims session

During the small claims session, AT&T argued that its actions were justified because Spaccarelli violated the terms of his contract with the carrier by "tethering" other devices to his smartphone. Tethering allowed those devices to connect to the Internet through his phone, which would increase Spaccarelli's data consumption.