* § 399-zzzzz. Broadband service for low-income consumers. 1. For the\npurposes of this section, the term "broadband service" shall mean a\nmass-market retail service that provides the capability to transmit data\nto and receive data from all or substantially all internet endpoints,\nincluding any capabilities that are incidental to and enable the\noperation of the communications service provided by a wireline, fixed\nwireless or satellite service provider, but shall not include dial-up\nservice.\n 2. Every person, business, corporation, or their agents providing or\nseeking to provide wireline, fixed wireless or satellite broadband\nservice in New York state shall, no later than sixty days after the\neffective date of this section, offer high speed broadband service to\nlow-income consumers whose household: (a) is eligible for free or\nreduced-priced lunch through the National School Lunch Program; or (b)\nis eligible for, or receiving the supplemental nutrition assistance\nprogram benefits; or (c) is eligible for, or receiving Medicaid\nbenefits; or (d) is eligible for, or enrolled in senior citizen rent\nincrease exemption; or (e) is eligible for, or enrolled in disability\nrent increase exemption; or (f) is a recipient of an affordability\nbenefit from a utility. Such low-income broadband service shall provide\na minimum download speed equal to the greater of twenty-five megabits\nper second download speed or the download speed of the provider's\nexisting low-income broadband service sold to customers in the state\nsubject to exceptions adopted by the Public Service Commission where\nsuch download speed is not reasonably practicable.\n 3. Broadband service for low-income consumers, as set forth in this\nsection, shall be provided at a cost of no more than fifteen dollars per\nmonth, inclusive of any recurring taxes and fees such as recurring\nrental fees for service provider equipment required to obtain broadband\nservice and usage fees. Broadband service providers shall allow\nlow-income broadband service subscribers to purchase standalone or\nbundled cable and/or phone services separately. Broadband service\nproviders may, once every five years, and after thirty days' notice to\nits customers and the department of public service, increase the price\nof this service by the lesser of the most recent change in the consumer\nprice index or a maximum of two percent per year of the price for such\nservice.\n 4. A broadband service provider who offers a high speed broadband\nservice to eligible low-income customers, as such term is used in\nsubdivision two of this section, at a download speed of two hundred\nmegabits per second or greater at a cost of no more than twenty dollars\nper month, inclusive of any recurring taxes and fees such as recurring\nrental fees for service provider equipment required to obtain broadband\nservice and usage fees, shall be considered to be in compliance with the\nrequirements of subdivisions two and three of this section. Such\nproviders may, once every two years, and after thirty days' notice to\nits customers and the department of public service, increase the price\nof such service by the lesser of the most recent change in the consumer\nprice index or a maximum of two percent per year of the price for such\nservice.\n 5. The requirements of subdivisions two and three of this section\nshall not apply to any broadband service provider providing service to\nno more than twenty thousand households, if the public service\ncommission determines that compliance with such requirements would\nresult in unreasonable or unsustainable financial impact on the\nbroadband service provider.\n 6. Any contract or agreement for broadband service targeted to\nlow-income consumers provided by an entity described in subdivision two\nof this section, pursuant to this section or otherwise, shall have the\nsame terms and conditions, other than price and speed set pursuant to\nthis section, as for the regularly pr
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