ISPs Seek Another Week for N.Y. Talks on Affordable Broadband Act Dispute

ISP associations and New York state “continue to discuss and anticipate soon reaching an agreed-to stipulation regarding the” state’ s affordable broadband law “that would obviate the need for” industry to seek rehearing, the ISP plaintiffs said Thursday at the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The New York State Telecommunications Association, CTIA and other groups sought an additional week, until June 14, to seek rehearing. The state doesn’t oppose the proposed extension, they said. The petition had been due Friday under a previous extension (see 2405240008). On April 26, the 2nd Circuit decided that federal law didn’t preempt the 2021 New York law requiring $15 monthly plans providing 25 Mbps download and 3 Mbps upload speeds for qualifying low-income households (see 2404260051).