I don't know what the costs are but my point is more that its setting price for a for-profit entity. It gets sticky because I don't know NY state law and perhaps these groups have lobbied for getting regions where you are unable to compete as n independent and with that defacto monopoly they should play by any additional rules.
I would just assume that if you want to provide broadband service to low-income that the government would be making up for some of the lost revenue.
The government is letting you provide service using tax-payer fiber. That makes for a fair bit of profit. Take away the fiber n try operating an ISP. Oh I know there's StarLink but that's not going to giver everyone in a city broadband.
I would just assume that if you want to provide broadband service to low-income that the government would be making up for some of the lost revenue.