Many Cry Foul to AT&T’s Terms of Service Change – AT&T Tweets All is Well

This Slashdot subject sums up what appears to be a consensus interpretation of recent changes (again) to AT&T’s TOS (Terms Of Service)…

AT&T Makes Its Terms of Service Even Worse, To Discourage Lawsuits

The big deal is that it looks like agreeing to AT&T’s TOS when signing up for service waives your right to participate in a class action suit. My eyes tend to glaze over when I start reading and thinking about these sorts of things. So, I’ll point to an email linked from Slashdot’s item…

Subject: Re: Query Has it always been the case that when I get service from ATT Wireless I can not participate in any class action suit??

FYI: AT&T tweeted (see screenshot above) that nothing has changed and points you to this Q&A item in their answer center…

What if I am unsatisfied with the resolution AT&T offers me for a problem I am experiencing?

I’ll leave it to the legally astute among you to figure this one out…

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