NY-Like Broadband Approach Would Save Californians Nearly $100 Million: CPUC
The failed legal challenge to New York's low-cost broadband law (see 2412160039) provides a route for California to adopt similar laws and policies, the California Public Utilities Commission's Public Advocates Office wrote Tuesday. It said a New York-like affordability requirement…
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of $15 per month for low-income consumers would save such subscribers of the state's four largest providers -- AT&T, Comcast, Cox and Charter Communications -- close to $100 million annually. A low-cost broadband requirement "would effectively cut these broadband bills in half," it said. The financial impact on broadband providers "would be minimal," since low-income consumers represent a small part of their overall revenue, it said, adding that a $15 requirement would reduce the California-based revenue of the four companies by less than 1%.