T-Mobile Makes Its Home Internet Open to Everyone, but With Data Limit Catch

T-Mobile is expanding its Home Internet product, announcing that it is opening it up to anyone who can get T-Mobile service where they live. The new service, called Home Internet Lite, starts at the same $50 per month T-Mobile has previously charged. However, with Lite your data cap at that price is 100GB per month. When you are within the data cap you will not be restricted on the speed of your connection. If you go over your data allotment, the carrier will slow you down to a painfully slow 2G-like 128Kbps speed, which is not enough for Zoom video calls (which needs at least 600 Kbps) or streaming services. While the carrier says that "about a quarter of all households use less than 100GB each month," you should really check how much data you use before considering T-Mobile Lite. The carrier says it will email users when they are at 80 and 100 percent of their data usage, as well as send notifications to the router's screen. Those who have T-Mobile for wireless service will also get a text message.