Under any lawful mode of analysis, the fact that AT&T complied with the Transparency Rule's requirements by posting an online disclosure containing the information the Commission required should end this case. AT&T, however, went well beyond the Rule's requirements and directly notified all users affected by the MBR policy in numerous additional ways.

Further, it stated that the FCC can't charge it based on the 2010 Open Internet Order's Transparency Rule provision, because it went above and beyond what was expected of it. According to The Hill, part of the filing read:

The FCC also wanted AT&T to give its unlimited data subscribers a way to leave their contracts, but the carrier said the commission has no authority to demand that. In addition to asking for the fine to be lowered to $16,000, AT&T also wants the commission to put a stop to the enforcement of its other, non-monetary penalties.

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