Rate Regulation Harms Broadband Competition, ACA Connects Study Finds

Rate Regulation Harms Broadband Competition, ACA Connects Study Finds

Rate regulation would harm competition in the broadband marketplace and undermine efforts to close the digital divide, said ACA Connects in a new study released Thursday. The study, conducted in partnership with Cartesian, found four "cascading" effects of rate regulation:...

Industry Escalates Fight Against State Broadband ‘Rate Regulation’

WASHINGTON, May 29, 2025 – Broadband trade groups intensified their opposition to state-imposed broadband price caps this week.On Thursday, ACA Connects released a study conducted by consulting firm Cartesian warning that such regulations could slash broadband investment by up to 41 percent.The release came just days after CTIA, NCTA, and USTelecom filed comments with the Justice Department urging federal preemption of state laws they say mimic …