T-Mobile US said it began piloting home internet service, sending invites to a limited group of T-Mobile customers in rural and underserved markets for broadband fixed wireless service. The move is part of its effort to give Americans "real choice and competition" for home broadband, the group said.
The T-Mobile Home Internet pilot is offered exclusively in areas T-Mobile expects to provide speeds of around 50 Mbps through fixed unlimited wireless service over LTE – with no data caps. It costs USD 50 per month with AutoPay, and comes with no annual service contracts or equipment costs. Setting up the in-home router is simple, and pilot customers get support from a dedicated team of real people, the operator said.
Due to LTE network and spectrum capacity constraints, the T-Mobile Home Internet pilot is limited by invitation-only to existing customers in specific areas, with the goal of reaching 50,000 households by the end of the year. But if T-Mobile’s pending merger with Sprint is approved, the operator said it plans to cover more than half of US households with 5G broadband service – in excess of 100 Mbps – by 2024.
Existing T-Mobile customers in selected areas eligible to participate in the pilot will receive T-Mobile Home Internet invitations during the 18-24 March week by email and US mail with information on how to sign up.
