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'Gold Standard' State Net Neutrality Bill Approved By California Assembly (arstechnica.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: California's state Assembly yesterday approved a strict net neutrality bill despite opposition from the telecom industry. California's Senate already approved an earlier version of the bill in May. But some minor changes were made in the Assembly, so the Senate must vote on the bill again today before going into recess. If the Senate approves, California Governor Jerry Brown would have until September 30 to sign the bill into law. The bill would prohibit Internet service providers from blocking or throttling lawful traffic, and from requiring fees from websites or online services to deliver or prioritize their traffic to consumers. The bill also imposes limits on data cap exemptions (so-called "zero-rating") and says that ISPs may not attempt to evade net neutrality protections by slowing down traffic at network interconnection points. Yesterday's Assembly vote was 61-18. All 55 Democratic members of the Assembly and six Republicans voted for the bill. All 18 votes against it came from Republicans. "ISPs have tried hard to gut and kill this bill, pouring money and robocalls into California," Electronic Frontier Foundation Policy Analyst Katharine Trendacosta said. "California could pass a gold standard net neutrality bill, providing a template for states going forward. California can prove that ISP money can't defeat real people's voices."
UPDATE: The state Senate approved the bill 23-11. It's now headed to California Gov. Jerry Brown's desk, where he's expected to sign the legislation since it has garnered the support of top state Democrats, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Kamala Harris.
UPDATE: The state Senate approved the bill 23-11. It's now headed to California Gov. Jerry Brown's desk, where he's expected to sign the legislation since it has garnered the support of top state Democrats, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Kamala Harris.
ISPs plan to raise prices across the board to pay for neutrality...
nothing to see here - move along
Happy now, idiots?
Have gnu, will travel.
Stay tuned. There's a big change coming.
California represents 1/8th of the US population and the biggest economy in the country. Our laws are more likely to become your laws than the other way around. Let the feds do what they want, we'll still go our own way.
You are welcome on my lawn.
California represents 1/8th of the US population and the biggest economy in the country. Our laws are more likely to become your laws than the other way around. Let the feds do what they want, we'll still go our own way.
Nope.
The Federal Supremacy Clause.
The modern (since Wickard vs Filburn) interpretation of the Interstate Commerce Clause.
Not going to happen unless you can convince the Feds led by Trump and the courts which are seeing more (R)-nominated Federal Judges seated almost every week. Good luck with that one.
Strat
Progressivism (aka US 'Liberalism'): Ideas so good they need a police/surveillance-state to enforce.
Good luck with that. It hasn't worked so far. Don't like our legal weed? Too bad. Don't like our sanctuary cities? Suck it, you mumbling little elf. Misspelled tweets don't have the force of law here in California. And, we have that little thing called the 10th Amendment on our side. It's funny how right-wing jackoffs are all about states' rights until a state does something that goes against their god-emperor Trump.
Trump is closer to the end of his presidency than he is to the beginning. The backlash is going to be something to behold.
You are welcome on my lawn.
We got rural voters. Urban voters. Black voters, white voters, brown voters and every kind of voter.
Speaking of electoral votes, we got more of them than any other state. We have more electoral votes than Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia put together.
Face it, without California, the United States might as well be Brazil or Mexico. We're the straw that stirs the drink. We're the state that everyone writes songs about. Other states aspire to be us. You hear all kinds of places saying that they're the "new Silicon Valley". You don't hear them say "We're the new West Virginia" or, "We're the new Indiana".
You are welcome on my lawn.
Has anyone reporting on this actually read the entire text? I'll bet not.
Regardless, the ISPs aren't going to bend over an deliver gigabit internet to everyone. They will most likely not upgrade performance or even universally degrade performance. With most places having two or even one ISP, there's no competitive financial incentive to make the service universally better.
Remember all this the next time Democrats control Washington. You will flip your philosophy faster than a steamed White Castle, and shout the joys of federal enforcement and regulation trumping states doing what they want.
Both you, and who you responded to, fancy yourselves the real deal, but you are botb part of the problem.
(-1: Post disagrees with my already-settled worldview) is not a valid mod option.
That gets quite complicated to make it work. Back in the '90s it was done for POTS lines and Covad made a serious play to provide DSL over lines leased from the ILECS. The prices were as mandated, but Covad work orders went under the bottom of the stack. Just getting a wire screwed into a terminal block could take months, but having them "accidentally" disconnected only took seconds.
Both sides flip back and forth on states rights whenever politically convenient. Stop thinking this is a right/left issue, they both like or don't like states rights depending on the issue and which way the wind is blowing.