AT&T amends data throttling policy: 5GB for LTE smartphones, 3GB for non-LTE

. AT&T on Thursday announced a revision to its smartphone data throttling policy, which impacts users who have chosen to retain the unlimited smartphone data plan AT&T discontinued some time ago. AT&T's policy had been ambiguous until now, with the carrier stating simply that the top 5% of smartphone users would experience slowed data speeds until a new billing period began. It was unclear how much data a subscriber had to use in order to approach the top 5%, however, and a number of reports claimed users were being throttled after using 2GB of data or even less.

Boy Genius Report, AT&T amends data throttling policy: 5GB for LTE smartphones, 3GB for non-LTE