GoKawiilT-Mobile Settles With New York Over Low-Income Broadband Throttling
New York's Attorney General found T-Mobile had capped its $15 Affordable Broadband Act plans at 50GB, after which speeds dropped more than 97% to 650 Kbps. Regulators also found T-Mobile limited these plans to 5G-only areas while offering faster 25 Mbps service elsewhere, and coded its webpage to be hidden from search engines. Under a settlement, T-Mobile must remove the data cap, guarantee 25 Mbps speeds, expand plan availability to all areas with fixed-wireless service, and make the signup page searchable online.
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The case suggests state regulators are willing to enforce affordability laws against carriers even when federal oversight of broadband pricing is limited. It also indicates that compliance with low-income program requirements may need closer scrutiny, since the OAG alleges T-Mobile actively concealed the plan rather than merely underpricing it.
- T-Mobile must drop the 50GB cap and guarantee 25 Mbps on its $15 low-income plan.
- New York's AG found the plan was restricted to 5G areas and hidden from search engines.
- The settlement requires wider geographic availability and better online visibility of the plan.
Source: tech.slashdot.org, 2026-11-11
Published there as: “New York Forces T-Mobile to End Data Caps On Low-Income Plans”
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