According to a new general questionnaire by the Trump administration, if they receive Internet services providers (ISPs) to low -income consumers, the states will lose their share of the $ 42 billion broadband fund. ARS Technica. This means that ISPs-which are subsidized by the government to provide low-cost projects-will be able to set such rates under the program under the program (broadband equity, access and deployment).
The new language was published in June in the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in the Mala Reconstruction Policy Notice (RPN). “According to the RPN, the states cannot apply state rules to redeem the requirements of the LSCO (low -cost service option) removed by RPN … The final proposal will be rejected as a result of the violation (to get funds to the states).” It added that the NTIA will only approve the projects with low cost rates set by ISPs.
If the new language compensates for a big win, it will have a big win. New York State, for one, requires ISPs with more than 20,000 users to offer $ 15 broadband projects with at least 25 Mbps download speed, or offer low -income users $ 20 with 200 MBPS speed. This law remains intact, despite the efforts to attack the providers in the court, the provider’s court.
Other states are now revising similar laws. California recently withdrawn a bill that requires $ 15 broadband projects after the NTIA, after which it could lose $ 1.86 billion of beads. The decision was given by consumer groups, which indicated that the Supreme Court itself refused to abolish the New York law.
As he has done many times now, Trump is using federal funds as a cod to keep the states in line – despite the fact that the rights of the states are generally cooperating through US courts. New York Assembly Member Amy Palin, who headed the state’s $ 15 broadband law, said he believes the NTIA rule only applies to 49 other states that do not have price mandates. He said, “It is our understanding that any (ISP) Mala Award will have to comply with the cheap broadband act, regardless of the federal subsidy.” ARS Technica.
