California Governor Battles FCC and Net Neutrality

[RAMROD 116,989]

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed the nation's toughest net neutrality measure Sunday, requiring internet providers to maintain a level playing field online.

Advocates of net neutrality hope the move in the home of the global technology industry will have national implications, prompting Congress to enact national net neutrality rules or encouraging other states to follow suit.

It's the latest example of the nation's most populous state seeking to drive public policy outside its borders and rebuff President Donald Trump's agenda.

Within hours of the bill-signing, the Trump administration announced it is suing California over the legislation.

The Federal Communications Commission last year repealed rules preventing internet companies from exercising more control over what people watch and see on the internet.

California's law seeks to reinstate those rules.
 

The measure, written by Democratic Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco, prohibits internet providers from blocking or slowing data based on content or from favoring websites or video streams from companies that pay extra.

It also bans "zero rating," in which internet providers don't count certain content against a monthly data cap - generally video streams produced by the company's own subsidiaries and partners.
 

Oregon, Washington and Vermont have approved legislation related to net neutrality, but California's measure is seen as the most comprehensive attempt to codify the principle in a way that might survive a likely court challenge. An identical bill was introduced in New York.

 

source: https://abc7.com/technology/gov-brown-signs-tough-net-neutrality-law-sets-up-battle-with-fcc-tech-companies/4378730/

 

 

My state, ladies, and gentlemen!

I am proud of California, OK?! It is not perfect but still one fo the state that is miles better than most states in USA.

I'm proud that at least the state I live in has its head on straight and stands for what is right.

Don't let the Telecoms win, they don't care about you or your satisfaction.

And by 10th Amendment, state's rights should win out.

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

 

[Shipper 13,114]

I'm proud too! 

Even though it's hella expensive here compared to other states. $1300-1600 for a one bedroom apartment. That can actually be your mortgage for a 3 bedroom house in another state. 

But, then again, you go Cali!