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Supreme Court squashes Big Telecom's attempt to avoid New York State's low-income price regulation | Law mandates affordable internet plans for low-income households, capping rates at $15 and $20


On Monday, the US Supreme Court shot down internet service providers' challenge to New York's Affordable Broadband Act (ABA). The contentious law requires ISPs to provide service...

A hot potato: A recent Supreme Court decision has cemented a state's authority to regulate internet service providers since the FCC can't. The appeals panel said that the FCC stripped itself of regulatory authority when Chair Ajit Pai repealed Title II common carrier provisions for service providers. Of course, ISPs hated to hear that, so in August, six trade groups took the matter to the Supreme Court, arguing that the New York law forces service providers to charge "below-market rates" and that other states could follow suit, harming the industry.

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