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unlimited data just isn't what it used to be I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNET update data throttling it's annoying it feels unfair and ATT is facing a huge fine for doing it to customers with old unlimited contracts you may have been throttled and not even know it put simply throttling is when a mobile carrier slows down your connection speed usually because you're using more data than it wants you to use on an unlimited plan now when you're slowed down it lasts until the end of the billing cycle and if you're in a busy area you may be at such a crawl that you can't even send a photo text message unlimited doesn't mean unlimited speed any more ATT stop selling unlimited plans in 2011 but if you're like me and you're holding on to your old ATT unlimited plan from the days of yore you may have noticed this little text message pop-up recently your data has reached 75% of the 5 gig management threshold bla bla bla and we will slow you down yada yada in 2012 AT&T put a 5 gig cap on unlimited customers but it only started sending these text messages now we live in a world where video apps like periscope are gobbling up data so fast and social networks are Auto playing videos and music streaming is all the rage that it's hard not to go past 7 gigs in a month with casual use which leaves you always hunting for Wi-Fi networks and you don't just want to hook up to any Wi-Fi network because that can be a security issue this week the Federal Communications Commission hit 18t with a proposed 100 million dollar fine for its lack of transparency on throttling now ATT plans to fight that feat and argues it did communicate this to customers and sending text messages as part of that communication the FCC's new net neutrality rules went into effect last week which requires all Internet traffic be treated equally and internet providers are prohibited from blocking or slowing traffic down without being clear about it up front so it may not stop throttling it just means carriers need to be very clear about it but with these new FCC rules sprint just stopped throttling for it's unlimited and it confirmed the change to the Wall Street Journal it makes you wonder if other carriers are going to now do the same let's end on more upbeat mobile news there's a new type of attachment for your phone that may have you thinking differently about your future camera this is the DxO one it's a small rippable camera that plugs into an iphone or ipad charging port giving your phone DSLR powers 20 megapixels one inch sensor and f-18 aperture and your phone screen is showing you all the action it's for advanced photographers who value photo quality which is why it has a 600 other price tag when it launches in September that's it for this tech news roundup and there's always more in cnet.com from our studios in New York I'm particular