GoKawiilT-Mobile to drop 50GB data cap on low-income home internet in New York
New York state investigators found T-Mobile was throttling download speeds to 600Kbps after customers used 50GB on its $15 fixed wireless broadband plan for low-income households, violating the state's Affordable Broadband Act. Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James announced on November 9 that T-Mobile agreed to remove the cap, along with fixing eligibility restrictions and search-engine visibility issues that made the discounted plan hard to find. The company has 120 days to comply.
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The settlement shows state regulators actively enforcing affordability mandates on broadband providers, which could pressure other carriers offering similarly capped low-cost plans to review their own practices. The finding that T-Mobile allegedly hid the plan from search engines suggests a pattern of discouraging uptake of a legally required low-cost option, though this is described as the state's characterization rather than a confirmed motive.
- T-Mobile's $15 home internet plan slowed to 600Kbps after just 50GB of use, reachable in about four days
- New York required the plan meet minimum 25Mbps speeds under its Affordable Broadband Act
- T-Mobile has 120 days to remove the cap, expand eligibility, and improve plan visibility online
Source: techspot.com — Rob Thubron, 2026-11-12
Published there as: “New York forces T-Mobile to remove 50GB cap that throttled low-income home internet users to 600Kbps”
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