2nd Circuit Sets Hearing on N.Y. $15 a Month Broadband Law

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral argument on New York’s affordable broadband law Jan. 12, the court said in a Wednesday text entry in case 21-1975. The state appealed after a district court stopped it from enforcing 2021’s Affordable Broadband Act in June that year. The New York State Telecommunications Association, ACA Connects, NTCA, CTIA and USTelecom said federal law preempted the ABA, which proposed requiring 25/3 Mbps for $15 monthly for eligible low-income consumers. Bipartisan ex-FCC members told the 2nd Circuit in March the New York law improperly regulated broadband rates.