Telecom groups ask Supreme Court to halt New York’s set rate for low-income houses

Telecom trade associations are asking the Supreme Court to put on hold New York’s move to force low rates on companies that provide internet service.
Wednesday’s filing asks the justices to pause a ruling from the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals that dissolved a lower court injunction on the state’s Affordable Broadband Act, enacted in 2021. It requires broadband companies to charge no more than $20 to low-income households for internet service.

According to the filing, if a company doesn’t abide by the law, it could face a $1,000 fine for each violation through New York Attorney General Letitia James.

“Absent this court’s intervention, on Aug. 16, 2024, Ne …