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c/politics · by usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml · 1y

Big loss for ISPs as Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to $15 broadband law | ISPs fear more states will regulate prices as New York law survives challenge

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/big-loss-for-isps-as-supreme-court-wont-hear-challenge-to-15-broadband-law/

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toiletobserver@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 1y (13 replies)

Internet is a utility. We should nationalize it.

HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com · 9 pts · 1y (1 reply)

should be the case with all of them. If you don't have two seperate, distinct hookups then there is no competition. And really should be half a dozen options.

Alexstarfire@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

I have exactly 1 option of a variety of types. ATT fiber, ATT DSL, Spectrum cable, T-Mobile home service, etc. There is literally no overlap at each level. I suppose you could call that competition but the only ones really competing are ATT and Spectrum, and that's only been in the last 6 months.

foggy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

Should've in like 1999

Fades@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

Good luck with that in trumps America

Rapidcreek@lemmy.world · -7 pts · 1y (8 replies)

Is electricity nationalized? No.

dwemthy@lemdro.id · 14 pts · 1y (7 replies)

They both should be

Rapidcreek@lemmy.world · -9 pts · 1y (6 replies)

They broke up the Bell Stystem in 1982 because it was monopoly. Cost to consumers went down the years following. Big national monopolies are a consumer cost

rhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.com · 8 pts · 1y (4 replies)

The Bell system is an inappropriate comparison. It was a monopoly; it was not what @toiletobserver@lemmy.world is talking about. Corporate monopolies were bad then, and are bad now, which is likely a factor in why New York is doing this.

Rapidcreek@lemmy.world · -10 pts · 1y (3 replies)

You nationalize any utility and it becomes a monopoly.

rhythmisaprancer@moist.catsweat.com · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Your point? It is not a corporation, which is what Ma Bell was. Fans of "deregulation" seem to miss this key aspect.

Rapidcreek@lemmy.world · -4 pts · 1y

WTF

bdonvr@thelemmy.club · 2 pts · 1y

Yes, but not a monopoly held by private interest who want to milk it for every penny. It would be public and as such much easier to control through democratic means.

AbidanYre@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

My town's municipal power is significantly less expensive than all the national grid/eversource towns surrounding it.

someguy3@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y

Way at the bottom

It's unclear when New York might start enforcing its law. The state law was approved in 2021 and required ISPs to offer $15 broadband plans with download speeds of at least 25Mbps, with the $15 being "inclusive of any recurring taxes and fees such as recurring rental fees for service provider equipment required to obtain broadband service and usage fees."

The law also said ISPs could instead choose to comply by offering $20-per-month service with 200Mbps speeds. Price increases would be capped at 2 percent per year, and state officials would periodically review whether minimum required speeds should be raised.

Residents who meet income eligibility requirements would qualify for the plans. ISPs with 20,000 or fewer subscribers would be allowed to apply for exemptions from the law.