AT&T Kills 5G Home Internet Service in NY

AT&T shuts down its home internet service in New York to avoid new broadband law
AT&T is discontinuing its home internet service, AT&T Internet Air, in New York, citing the state's Affordable Broadband Act (ABA).
AT&T kills 5G internet service in New York over forced low-income plans
What does a massive $150 billion corporation do when a law forces it to make slightly less money? It takes its ball and goes home. At least, that’s what AT&T chose to do, ending a long saga of New York state attempting to enforce its affordable broadband law.
AT&T kills home Internet service in NY over law requiring $15 or $20 plans
AT&T has stopped offering its 5G home Internet service in New York instead of complying with a new state law that requires ISPs to offer $15 or $20 plans to people with low incomes.
New York implements $15 broadband law for low-income households
Effective January 15, 2025, the Affordable Broadband Act (ABA) will once again take effect in New York. The law requires that ISPs with at least 20,000
AT&T Is Stopping Its 5G Internet Air Service in NY Because of New Broadband Law
A new affordable broadband law in the Empire State has led to AT&T dropping its 5G home internet product entirely.
New York starts enforcing $15 broadband law that ISPs tried to kill
A US appeals court upheld the law in April 2024, reversing the ruling of a district judge who blocked it in 2021. The Supreme Court last month decided not to hear the broadband industry's challenge, leaving the appeals court ruling in place. The state law requires Internet providers to offer $15- or $20-per-month service to people with low incomes.
AT&T Kills 5G Home Internet Service in NY Over $15 Broadband Law
Fixed-wireless service is increasingly popular in the US, but it costs around $60 from AT&T, which says it's 'uneconomical' to offer a reduced rate for qualifying low-income residents.
AT&T Kills Internet Service in NY Instead of Providing Discounted Plans to Low Income Households
New York’s Affordable Broadband Act, which requires large internet service providers to offer affordable broadband plans to low-income households, went into effect. On the same day, AT&T announced that it would be pulling its 5G home internet service from the state entirely,
ISPs must offer cheaper internet to low income households after trying to prevent it
New York-based ISPs will now have to offer $15 or $20 per month internet plans to low-income households starting tomorrow.
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