California bill would force ISPs to offer 100Mbps plans for $15 a month

Several states consider price requirements

While the California proposal will face opposition from ISPs and is not guaranteed to become law, the amended bill has higher speed requirements for the $15 plan than the existing New York law that inspired it. The New York law lets ISPs comply either by offering $15 broadband plans with download speeds of at least 25Mbps, or $20-per-month service with 200Mbps speeds. The New York law doesn’t specify minimum upload speeds.

AT&T stopped offering its 5G home Internet service in New York entirely instead of complying with the law. But AT&T wouldn’t be able to pull home Internet service out of California so easily

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