AT&T is pulling some serious doublespeak right now.

Is AT&T a common carrier, according to AT&T? It depends on who's asking.

Published January 10, 2015

URL: https://trwnh.com/att-ftc-fcc-doublespeak/

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The FTC is suing AT&T over its mobile data policies, particularly throttling "unlimited" customers. AT&T filed a motion to dismiss this suit, saying that since AT&T is a common carrier, they fall under the jurisdiction of the FCC instead.

The FTC's October 2014 lawsuit against AT&T applied to mobile broadband, which is not a common carrier service. However, AT&T claims that mobile voice's common carrier status prevents the FTC from taking action against the cellular data portion of its business.

AT&T defends unlimited data throttling, says the FTC can't stop it (Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 2015-01-08)

Except just a few days later, AT&T tells the FCC that mobile data doesn't fall under common carrier rules, and cannot be regulated without Title II.

AT&T is trying to convince the Federal Communications Commission that it can't reclassify mobile broadband as a common carrier service.

AT&T tells FCC it can't treat mobile data as a common carrier service (Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 2015-01-09)

So, which is it? Is AT&T a common carrier, according to AT&T? It depends on who's asking.