New York forces T-Mobile to remove 50GB cap that throttled low-income home internet users to 600Kbps
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What just happened? Cheap home internet isn't much use if it slows to a crawl a few days into the month. New York says that's exactly what T-Mobile was offering low-income households, imposing a 50GB monthly cap before slashing download speeds to under 1 Mbps. The carrier has now agreed to remove the restriction after state investigators found it violated the Affordable Broadband Act.
Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Letitia James announced the agreement on November 9. The law requires qualifying households to be offered broadband costing $15 per month with download speeds of at least 25 Mbps, or $20 for at least 200 Mbps. Those prices include taxes and equipment fees.
The agreement covers home broadband delivered over T-Mobile's cellular network, rather than its mobile phone plans. Customers shouldn't expect the...
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