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New York forces T-Mobile to remove data caps on low-income internet plans

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New York State is compelling T-Mobile to cease imposing data caps on its low-income home internet plans. An investigation by the state's Attorney General revealed that T-Mobile was violating the Affordable Broadband Act by throttling speeds after customers reached 50GB of data usage and limiting plan availability to areas with 5G deployment. T-Mobile has agreed to remove these caps, expand plan availability statewide, and improve website accessibility for these plans. AI

RANK_REASON Regulatory action by a state government against a major telecom provider regarding a policy impacting low-income consumers. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.1]

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New York forces T-Mobile to remove data caps on low-income internet plans

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  1. Engadget TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] (Anna Washenko) ·

    New York is forcing T-Mobile to stop putting data caps on low-income home internet plans

    The company was throttling speeds for plans offered under the Affordable Broadband Act.

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