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"This case highlights the urgent need to end the "no

July 28, 2017 by Kenneth Newton

"This case highlights the urgent need to end the "no data" rule that many small internet service providers have adopted since the mid-2000s to provide more data to their customers — not just for the data they offer, but for everything from their data card to their mobile phones," the group wrote.

The group also said that in an effort to reduce the number of people using their phones, Google and AT&T have started to move their customers off cellular data to mobile phones so that they can access its data service.

The group said it also noted that the Federal Communications Commission has already imposed fines on the carriers on behalf of its attorneys.

"The FCC is doing all it can to protect consumers, not just Google and AT&T," said Public Knowledge's lawyer, Kevin O'Connell, in a statement. "But it's not enough. Consumers need to be able to access their data."

Public Knowledge's case is the latest in a series of attacks on Verizon and Sprint, the big telecoms companies that have been charged by the Federal Communications Commission in connection with their network operations.

Last month, an undercover FBI investigation brought by the Justice Department brought its claims against Verizon and Sprint to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled that the companies' use of personal data is illegal.