Today, T-Mobile unveiled a brand-new service that it calls Home Internet Backup. The name should go without saying—this is a mobile broadband service designed to help you in the event that your wired internet provider fails you.

With limitless broadband options like Home Internet and Home Internet Plus, T-Mobile claims to already service five million subscribers nationwide; nevertheless, they are intended to be your main source of connectivity.

The new plan will run you $30 a month with AutoPay, but for a short while, it will only cost $20 if you also have a qualifying T-Mobile voice line. As per the carrier, the package offers 130GB of 5G data every month, which is sufficient to maintain a typical home connected to Wi-Fi for up to seven days throughout a month when their primary internet service is unavailable.

In addition, you get a free 5G gateway, which means you may use the plan everywhere in your house or place of business. You can also expect a "fast and easy setup," with the ability to move "from box to browsing in 15 minutes or less."

According to T-Mobile, which cited CivicScience statistics, almost 20% of US internet users experience connection outages "at least a few times a month". Thus, the purpose of this new strategy is to help you when you need it most. This is an intriguing introduction, as the firm essentially admits that many people can live without a 5G connection as their primary one, but they may still need one in case their primary wired connection fails.