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posted by martyb on Tuesday January 23 2018, @05:13AM   Printer-friendly
from the violently-imposed-monopoly dept.

It seems: Montana becomes first state to implement net neutrality after FCC repeal.

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock (D) signed an executive order on Monday requiring internet service providers with state contracts to abide by net neutrality principles.

The order makes his state the first to push back on the Federal Communications Commission's decision to repeal the open internet rules last month.

[...] The order says that in order to receive a contract with the state government, internet service providers must not engage in blocking or throttling web content or create internet fast lanes. Those practices were all banned under the Obama-era 2015 net neutrality order.

The Republican FCC voted to dismantle those rules in December.

The FCC's repeal includes a ban on states implementing their own net neutrality rules, but Democratic-controlled legislatures around the country are eager to challenge that provision.

[...] "When the FCC repealed its net neutrality rules, it said consumers should choose," Bullock said in his statement. "The State of Montana is one of the biggest consumers of internet services in our state. Today we're making our choice clear: we want net neutrality."

We may end up with many different state net neutrality laws for ISPs to comply with.


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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 23 2018, @08:40PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 23 2018, @08:40PM (#626740)

    If that was all the federal government did, it would be a small fraction of the size it is today.

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  • (Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday January 23 2018, @09:30PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Tuesday January 23 2018, @09:30PM (#626774) Journal

    So we're in agreement that interstate commerce and communication is within the purview of the federal government. Glad we could get that settled.

    I will happily join you in your efforts to get them to stop regulating anything that's outside their purview.