D.C. Memo: Did ISPs Really Lose In Federal Appeals Court Over N.Y. Low-Cost Mandate?

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Court Case: A federal appeals court on Friday – one day after the FCC adopted Net Neutrality under Title II – upheld a N.Y. state law that requires ISPs to offer low-cost plans to eligible low-income New Yorkers. The court’s majority analyzed the state’s Affordable Broadband Act under the FCC’s Net Neutrality regulations adopted in 2018 under Republican…