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CNET: AT&T Is Stopping Its 5G Internet Air Service in NY Because of New Broadband Law
CNET - 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.
Eli Blumenthal
Jan. 15, 2025 9:30 a.m. PT
A new broadband law is going into effect this week in New York state requiring internet provider to offer low-income residents access to monthly broadband rates of $15 for 25Mbps or $20 for 200Mbps. As a response, AT&T has decided that it no longer plans to offer its 5G home internet in the Empire State and will begin notifying users about the decision on Wednesday.
"While we are committed to providing reliable and affordable internet service to customers across the country, New York's broadband law imposes harmful rate regulations that make it uneconomical for AT&T to invest in and expand our broadband infrastructure in the state," the company said in a statement provided to CNET.
"As a result, effective Jan. 15, 2025, we will no longer be able to offer AT&T Internet Air, our fixed-wireless internet service, to New York customers."
AT&T says that it will let existing users to keep the service for 45 more days and will not charge them for that time so that they can "find other options for broadband." The telecom giant says it will continue to operate its wireless service in the state and that no changes are happening on that front.
"We will work closely with our customers throughout this transition. AT&T's nationwide wireless service will not change in New York," the company says, adding that it "will continue to support policies that promote capital investment, innovation and a competitive market."
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A new affordable broadband law in the Empire State has led to AT&T dropping its 5G home internet product entirely.
Eli Blumenthal
Jan. 15, 2025 9:30 a.m. PT
A new broadband law is going into effect this week in New York state requiring internet provider to offer low-income residents access to monthly broadband rates of $15 for 25Mbps or $20 for 200Mbps. As a response, AT&T has decided that it no longer plans to offer its 5G home internet in the Empire State and will begin notifying users about the decision on Wednesday.
"While we are committed to providing reliable and affordable internet service to customers across the country, New York's broadband law imposes harmful rate regulations that make it uneconomical for AT&T to invest in and expand our broadband infrastructure in the state," the company said in a statement provided to CNET.
"As a result, effective Jan. 15, 2025, we will no longer be able to offer AT&T Internet Air, our fixed-wireless internet service, to New York customers."
AT&T says that it will let existing users to keep the service for 45 more days and will not charge them for that time so that they can "find other options for broadband." The telecom giant says it will continue to operate its wireless service in the state and that no changes are happening on that front.
"We will work closely with our customers throughout this transition. AT&T's nationwide wireless service will not change in New York," the company says, adding that it "will continue to support policies that promote capital investment, innovation and a competitive market."
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Wow... fuck AT&T!
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