mobile phone companies may the speed of a data plan with “unlimited data” not drastically limit after exceeding a certain limit. The verdict, the Landgericht Potsdam by an action of the Federation of German Consumer Association against E-Plus.
The mobile operator E-Plus has retracted a setback in court. The Federation of Consumer Organizations had complained before the district court Potsdam against the company, as there is a wireless service plan with “unlimited” data volume offered, but had built a throttling by clause.
Once the user had used up 500 MB of its volume, the speed of its connection of 21.6 megabits / second to 56 kilobits / second was throttled -. too little for a real use of mobile data
slowdown like “reduction in output to zero”
So argued the consumer centers. Your Legal Secretary Heiko conceit said: “For many customers, the data rate is crucial to use, for example, news and music streaming services or communicate via social networks. The Internet can at this snail’s pace in practice no longer be used. “
The judges concluded that view. The customer will be disadvantaged as inappropriate by the speed restriction, the restriction in terms is therefore ineffective.
Specifically, they complained that the application as “unlimited” arises a different impression, especially as the slowdown of the compound a “reduction in output to zero” tantamount
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