New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, joined by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Friday signed a bill requiring internet providers to offer broadband access to low-income families for no more than $15 a month.
Higher-speed plans are capped at $20.“Internet service is an essential service. Now. you need a broadband service if you are going to be able to get an education, to access government services, to contact your family,” Cuomo said at an event at the Northland Workforce Training Center in Buffalo.
He was joined by Schmidt, who chairs a state commission on technology as the state reopens.Many internet providers have voluntarily put in discount plans to help households in need during the pandemic.
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