{"id":1234836,"date":"2025-02-25T13:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T18:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1234836"},"modified":"2025-02-25T13:08:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T18:08:00","slug":"isps-brace-for-state-level-price-regulation-as-new-yorks-15-broadband-law-sets-precedent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1234836","title":{"rendered":"ISPs Brace For State-Level Price Regulation as New York&#8217;s $15 Broadband Law Sets Precedent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A New York law mandating low-cost broadband is inspiring similar legislation across multiple states, despite industry opposition. The law requires ISPs with over 20,000 customers to offer $15 plans with 25Mbps speeds or $20 plans with 200Mbps to income-eligible residents. <\/p>\n<p>Vermont, Massachusetts, and California legislators have introduced comparable bills following New York&#8217;s success. Vermont&#8217;s proposal mirrors New York&#8217;s pricing structure, while Massachusetts goes further by requiring 100Mbps speeds for the $15 tier. AT&amp;T responded by withdrawing its 5G home internet service from New York rather than complying with the mandate. <\/p>\n<p>Industry lobby groups continue fighting these regulations, with USTelecom warning that state-level price controls will &#8220;undermine connectivity progress&#8221; and &#8220;discourage investment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"share_submission\" style=\"position:relative;\">\n<a class=\"slashpop\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=ISPs+Brace+For+State-Level+Price+Regulation+as+New+York's+%2415+Broadband+Law+Sets+Precedent%3A+https%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F02%2F25%2F188257%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitter%26utm_medium%3Dtwitter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/twitter_icon_large-281.png\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"slashpop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftech.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F25%2F02%2F25%2F188257%2Fisps-brace-for-state-level-price-regulation-as-new-yorks-15-broadband-law-sets-precedent%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/facebook_icon_large-196.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tech.slashdot.org\/story\/25\/02\/25\/188257\/isps-brace-for-state-level-price-regulation-as-new-yorks-15-broadband-law-sets-precedent?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&amp;utm_medium=feed\">Read more of this story<\/a> at Slashdot.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/slashdot.org\/slashdot-it.pl?op=discuss&amp;id=23620421&amp;smallembed=1\" style=\"height: 300px; width: 100%; border: none;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New York law mandating low-cost broadband is inspiring similar legislation across multiple states, despite industry opposition. The law requires ISPs with over 20,000 customers to offer $15 plans with 25Mbps speeds or $20 plans with 200Mbps to income-eligible residents. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1234836\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,44,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1234836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-slashdot","category-technology","category-unfiltered-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1234836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1234836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1234836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1234836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}