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Altice is the only internet service available in several regions of Connecticut, which makes the new company s plan especially problematic, the officials said. (Shutterstock)
CONNECTICUT State officials are blasting Altice, the primary internet provider for many Connecticut communities, for a plan they say will reduce upload speeds without offering a break in the pricing plan.
Altice s Optimum Online currently offers broadband internet upload speeds of 35 Mbps. That speed will be downgraded to speeds ranging from 5 to 20 Mbps on July 12, according to Sen. Bob Duff, Norm Needleman, James Maroney, and Rep. David Arconti. Along with State Broadband Policy Coordinator in the Office of Consumer Counsel Burt Cohen, the state officials ripped into the internet service provider s decision, citing increased need for fast internet service as life goes increasingly digital, for uploads as well as downloads.
Pizza as State Food goes down in flames
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Hot pizza getting cut and boxed at Frank Pepe s in New HavenLisa Nichols /Hearst CT Media / Lisa Nichols
HARTFORD When the smoke cleared on the historic 2021 legislative session, the aroma was not that of a charred New Haven-style pizza crust.
The bill that would have given pizza the distinction as our ‘State Food,’ failed to make it into the flow of late-breaking new laws for Gov. Ned Lamont’s final review and signature.
In fact, in the final 24 bills rattled off by House Majority Leader Bob Duff approved with no discussion or even a description as the clock ticked toward the midnight deadline there was no hint of Wooster Street in New Haven; not a whiff of Greek pizza from Norwalk; or even the mismatched plates and place settings of Roseland in Derby.
Among hundreds of bills hanging on deadline day: Pizza as the state food
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Will legislators declare pizza the state food Wednesday, in the waning hours of the 2021 session?
The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on May 12 to confer the honor on the flatbread pies, a bow to New Haven and pizzerias statewide. But the Senate hasn’t fired up the oven so pizza hung in the balance Wednesday, along with hundreds of other bills set to expire at midnight.
Some bills, including a voting reform that would require employers to give time off for voting, and most notably, legalized marijuana, were shoveled off to a special session later this month, yet to be scheduled. Others remained part of the last-minute scramble for scarce floor time.
In an effort to improve recycling, the state Senate will vote Wednesday night on the biggest improvements in the bottle bill in decades. For 40 years, Connecticut residents have been returning bottles and getting back the same 5 cents.