{
  "id": 19549551,
  "title": "New York Forces T-Mobile to End Data Caps On Low-Income Plans",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/new-york-forces-t-mobile-to-end-data-caps-on-low-income-plans",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-11T21:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Slashdot",
    "slug": "slashdot",
    "url": "https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/11/11/2048256/new-york-forces-t-mobile-to-end-data-caps-on-low-income-plans"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "New York has compelled T-Mobile to lift a 50GB monthly data cap from its $15 low-income broadband plan following a regulatory investigation. Regulators discovered that customers surpassing the limit faced speeds plummeting to 650 Kbps, a 97% reduction. Furthermore, the state's Office of the Attorney General (OAG) uncovered that T-Mobile limited the Affordable Broadband Act (ABA) plans to areas with 5G coverage, in contrast to offering standard-rate 25 Mbps plans in 4G areas. The website was also engineered to conceal affordable plans from search engines. According to the settlement, T-Mobile must now:\n\n- Remove data caps from ABA plans and guarantee 25 Mbps download speeds.\n- Extend ABA plan availability to all regions where it offers fixed-wireless home internet service.\n- Ensure its ABA webpage is searchable via standard web searches.",
  "summary": "New York has forced T-Mobile to remove a 50GB monthly data cap from its $15 low-income broadband plan after regulators found customers who exceeded the limit had their speeds cut by more than 97%, to just 650 Kbps. \"Additionally, the [Office of the Attorney General (OAG)] found T-Mobile restricted [New York's Affordable Broadband Act (ABA)] plans to areas with 5G coverage, despite offering…",
  "key_points": [
    "T-Mobile to eliminate data caps from $15 low-income broadband plans",
    "OAG found T-Mobile restricted ABA plans to 5G areas",
    "T-Mobile must make ABA plans searchable on website"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}