T-Mobile illegally imposed 50GB cap on low-income home Internet plan, NY says

T-Mobile has agreed to a settlement with the state of New York after allegations that it illegally imposed a 50GB data cap and reduced speeds to 600Kbps on its low-income home Internet plans, which are required to offer speeds of at least 25Mbps under the New York Affordable Broadband Act. The settlement requires T-Mobile to eliminate the speed limits and expand availability of the plans within 120 days. T-Mobile's policy of reducing speeds after customers exceed a monthly data cap violated the law, New York officials said. The company also only offers the required low-income plans in a limited area of the state. A typical customer could hit the 50GB data cap after about four days of usage, which would trigger the speed reduction. In addition to the speed limit, T-Mobile's low-income plans also had other restrictions, including not being available in all areas of the state.