Internet customers have a new budget option available, as T-Mobile recently slashed the cost of its home internet plan by $10, from $60 to $50 per month. As a bonus, you also get a $200 prepaid card when you sign up.
T-Mobile has changed the prices of its internet offering a few times since the service launched, most recently in January when the cost increased by $10, from $50 to $60 per month. Those prices all include a $5 monthly discount for signing up for automatic payments, and you can save another $10 to $20 per month by bundling with a Go5G Next, Go5G Plus or Magenta Max phone plan. T-Mobile did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the latest pricing change.
| Plan | Monthly price internet only | Monthly price with phone subscription | Maximum speeds | Includes mesh router |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
T-Mobile Home Internet |
$50 | $40 | 72-245 Mbps download, 15-31 Mbps upload | ✘ |
|
T-Mobile Home Internet Plus |
$70 | $50 | 72-245 Mbps download, 15-31 Mbps upload | ✔ |
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The $50 price tag puts T-Mobile in line with its main competitor, Verizon 5G Home Internet, which also offers two plans for $50 and $70 per month, with similar discounts for bundling it with a mobile plan. That’s well below the average price of $63 per month for internet in the U.S.
T-Mobile is using its 5G cellular network to beam wireless internet into homes. Since launching the service in 2021, T-Mobile has become one of the largest internet providers, covering 60% of homes in the U.S., according to the most recent data from the Federal Communications Commission. That’s the fourth-largest footprint of any provider, behind only satellite Internet providers, which are available virtually everywhere.
The downside of wireless internet is that it can’t reach the same top speeds as wired connections like cable and fiber. T-Mobile has a download speed of up to 245 Mbps. That’s enough for most people, but still far from the multi-gig plans offered by other providers.
But it increasingly appears that those limited speeds aren’t a big deal. A recent J.D. Power survey found that wireless customers were more satisfied with their service than with any other connection type, and T-Mobile had the highest score of any non-fiber ISP in the most recent American Customer Satisfaction Index survey.
