T-Mobile shifts Home Internet Backup from 130GB to 100 hours

T-Mobile changed its Home Internet Backup plan from a 130GB monthly data cap to 100 hours of usage, according to Android Authority. The change alters how backup connectivity is measured for home internet customers when their primary fixed-line connection goes down.

Android Authority reported that the new 100-hour model may work better for heavy-use bursts, including gaming and video streaming during an outage. The same report said the change is less favorable for always-on, low-bandwidth uses, and noted that the plan is now cheaper than it was at launch, although the source excerpt did not specify current or launch pricing.

T-Mobile's Home Internet Backup offer sits in the wider fixed wireless access and backup broadband market, where operators are testing different ways to package 5G connectivity for home resilience. This update concerns plan structure rather than eSIM-specific technology, and the source did not mention eSIM, eUICC (embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Card), or GSMA remote SIM provisioning standards such as SGP.22 or SGP.32.