From PC Mag: AT&T is temporarily lifting the data caps for broadband subscribers in response to how more Americans are now staying at home in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
“Many of our AT&T Internet customers already have unlimited home internet access, and we are waiving home internet data overage for the remaining customers,” the company said in a statement on Thursday. Motherboard was first to report the news.
AT&T made the decision as 18 US senators sent letters to the major internet service providers, urging the companies to lift the broadband data caps. The lawmakers point to how millions of Americans will now be working from home to prevent contracting the coronavirus, which has now spread to more than 1,300 people in the US.
“Unfortunately, many Americans are subject to restrictive data caps for their home broadband service — caps that could be particularly onerous given the more intensive broadband usage of households practicing social distancing measures,” the letters say.
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