> We wouldn't have been hearing about this had AT&T not tried to shut him up.

We did year about it on the day the guy won his case. Yes, they are making more news out of a story they could have easily squashed, but it wasn't an unknown event that the guy won the initial case.

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-01/at-and-t-los...

http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/24/2822384/att-loses-data-thr...

http://paidcontent.org/article/419-850-for-everyone-what-hap...

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/24/att-throttling-cust...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/mickeymeece/2012/02/25/throttle-...