AT&T, New York and Affordable Broadband Act

New York's $15 Broadband Law Goes Into Effect This Week
The US Supreme Court declined to hear a case from a broadband lobbying group attempting to block the state's Affordable Broadband Act.
AT&T shuts down its home internet service in New York to avoid new broadband law
AT&T is discontinuing its home internet service, AT&T Internet Air, in New York, citing the state's Affordable Broadband Act (ABA).
AT&T pulls its 5G internet service in NY over new affordable internet law
The law requires internet providers with over 20,000 customers to offer two affordable broadband plans to low-income households that qualify for social assistance benefits like Me
AT&T Is Stopping Its 5G Internet Air Service in NY Because of New Broadband Law
A new affordable broadband law in the Empire State has led to AT&T dropping its 5G home internet product entirely.
New York starts enforcing $15 broadband law that ISPs tried to kill
A US appeals court upheld the law in April 2024, reversing the ruling of a district judge who blocked it in 2021. The Supreme Court last month decided not to hear the broadband industry's challenge, leaving the appeals court ruling in place. The state law requires Internet providers to offer $15- or $20-per-month service to people with low incomes.
AT&T abandons New York as Affordable Broadband Act goes into effect
Luckily, there are providers that will work under the Affordable Broadband Act, which makes it possible to get internet service at an affordable rate. When it comes to pricing, low-income residents will have access to internet that starts at just $15 for 25Mbps, or the option to upgrade to something a little faster, with 200Mbps costing $25.
New York implements $15 broadband law for low-income households
Effective January 15, 2025, the Affordable Broadband Act (ABA) will once again take effect in New York. The law requires that ISPs with at least 20,000
New York’s Low-Cost Broadband Law Takes Effect After Years of Legal Battles
After years of legal challenges, New York’s Affordable Broadband Act (ABA) is finally set to take effect on January 15, 2025.
AT&T Kills Internet Service in NY Instead of Providing Discounted Plans to Low Income Households
New York’s Affordable Broadband Act, which requires large internet service providers to offer affordable broadband plans to low-income households, went into effect. On the same day, AT&T announced that it would be pulling its 5G home internet service from the state entirely,
AT&T kills 5G internet service in New York over forced low-income plans
What does a massive $150 billion corporation do when a law forces it to make slightly less money? It takes its ball and goes home. At least, that’s what AT&T chose to do, ending a long saga of New York state attempting to enforce its affordable broadband law.
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New York's Low-Income Internet Law Stands As Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case
New York’s Affordable Broadband Act requires internet providers to offer broadband service to low-income households for $15 a month -- all taxes and fees included. At the time the law was ...
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New York AG James discusses illegal vape crackdown, broadband amicus brief, and Trump's return
New York State Attorney General Letitia James spoke with WAMC Thursday about her office's move to crack down on a shop ...
Commentary: New York must rethink its broadband strategy. Here’s why.
Dial back the overbuilding of municipal broadband and focus on bringing service to the areas that need it the most.
Neither London nor New York: the city with the fastest internet in the world
Speedtest Global Index released its ranking, which measures the speed of fixed and mobile Internet. Here’s the city with the ...