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.
techspot.com
· 2026-11-12
New York Attorney General Letitia James found T-Mobile violated the state's Affordable Broadband Act by capping low-cost home internet plans at 50GB before throttling speeds to 650 kbps, limiting availability to areas with 5G coverage, and hiding plan details from search engines. T-Mobile has agreed to remove the data caps, expand the plans to all areas where it offers home internet, and make plan information searchable online.
engadget.com
· 2026-11-11
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.
tech.slashdot.org
· 2026-11-11
New York officials said T-Mobile violated the state's Affordable Broadband Act by capping its low-income wireless home internet plans at 50 GB per month and throttling speeds to 600 Kbps from 25 Mbps after customers hit the cap. Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement requiring T-Mobile to remove the data and speed limits, expand plan availability statewide, and improve how customers find information about the plans, all within 120 days.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-11-11
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