Last verified 2026-05-17

Free hotspot for K-12 students — T-Mobile Project 10Million

If your child is in K-12 and your family gets SNAP, Medicaid, free school lunch, or another assistance program, T-Mobile will mail you a free hotspot and 200 GB of mobile data each year for 5 years. You do not need to be a T-Mobile customer.

Phone: 1-877-PRJ-10MN (1-877-775-1066)

Apply online: t-mobile.com/support/account/project-10million-direct-to-parent-guardian-eligibility

Who qualifies

You qualify if you have a K-12 student in your household AND you can show recent (within the past year) proof of one of these programs [Source: t-mobile.com/support/account/project-10million-direct-to-parent-guardian-eligibility (accessed 2026-05-17)]:

• National School Lunch Program (NSLP) — free or reduced-price lunch
• SNAP / EBT (CalFresh in California)
• Medicaid (Medi-Cal in California)
• Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) schools
• Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR)

T-Mobile's broader brand page also lists TANF (CalWORKs), Head Start, and foster/migrant/homeless/runaway youth as qualifying paths — if you fit one of those, apply and upload the supporting letter [Source: t-mobile.com/brand/project-10-million (accessed 2026-05-17)].

You can be a new or existing T-Mobile customer, or use a different carrier — it does not matter. One free hotspot and data line per household.

What you get

• One free T-Mobile hotspot device (mailed to you)
• 200 GB of mobile data per year, for 5 years — resets each year on your activation anniversary
• Option to buy an at-cost Wi-Fi tablet or laptop to use with the hotspot
• Data service pauses when you hit 200 GB until the yearly reset; you can buy extra data passes if you run out

Video streams at about DVD quality (480p, up to 1.5 Mbps). During network congestion, your speeds may be slower than other T-Mobile customers.