CTIA to Mass. Lawmakers: Low-Cost Broadband Bill Puts BEAD Funding 'at Risk'
CTIA is urging the leaders of the Massachusetts Senate Ways and Means Committee to oppose SB-2318, which would require the state's ISPs to offer an internet plan for low-income residents at $15 a month. In a letter last week to…
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committee Chairman Michael Rodrigues (D) and Vice Chair Joanne Comerford (D), CTIA said there's clear evidence "that artificial price mandates and state-level rate regulation, while well-intended, ultimately increase prices and harm consumers." Such a pricing mandate also puts the state's BEAD funding "at serious risk," the group said, as NTIA has barred states from setting the price for BEAD subgrantees’ low-cost service options.