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T-Mobile to drop data caps on NY low-income broadband plans after AG probe

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

T-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.

tech.slashdot.org · 2026-11-11