The T-Mobile G1 was announced yesterday and one of the initial criticisms was the data plan restriction that limited usage to 1GB a month. If a user were to exceed this amount, their connection would be throttled back to 50kbps. But now, T-Mobile has issued a statement that claims the carrier is removing this policy from their terms and conditions.

The statement read:

“Our goal, when the T-Mobile G1 becomes available in October, is to provide affordable, high-speed data service allowing customers to experience the full data capabilities of the device and our 3G network. At the same time, we have a responsibility to provide the best network experience for all of our customers so we reserve the right to temporarily reduce data throughput for a small fraction of our customers who have excessive or disproportionate usage that interferes with our network performance or our ability to provide quality service to all of our customers.

We removed the 1GB soft limit from our policy statement, and we are confident that T-Mobile G1 customers will enjoy the high speed of data access over our 3G network. The specific terms for our new data plans are still being reviewed and once they are final we will be certain to share this broadly with current customers and potential new customers.”

Instead of the “soft cap” of 1GB, T-Mobile will now only throttle back connections of users that grossly abuse data access or have “excessive or disproportionate usage.” What that is, we don’t know. However, one thing is for certain: T-Mobile needs to announce their decision soon, because signing up for a $25 a month unlimited data plan on top of your regular plan only to find out your G1 connection will be throttled will make for some seriously unhappy customers.

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[via Android Community]