from the should-have-quit-while-they-were-ahead dept.
A California bill that would impose the nation's strictest net neutrality law has been approved by another state Senate committee, bringing it closer to passage.
The California Senate Judiciary committee approved the bill Tuesday in a 5-2 vote, with Democrats supporting the net neutrality rules and Republicans opposing them.
Ars Technica earlier reporting Bad news for AT&T and Comcast: Calif. Senate panel OKs net neutrality bill adds the following
“California can—and must—step up to re-establish the Obama-era net neutrality rules to protect consumers and our democracy," bill sponsor Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) said in an announcement.
The bill would replicate the US-wide bans on blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization that were implemented by the FCC in 2015, and it would go beyond the FCC rules with a ban on paid data-cap exemptions. The FCC voted to repeal its rules in December, although the commission hasn't finalized the repeal yet.[/ars_story_sidebar]
[...] The bill would also need approval from the Democratic-majority State Assembly and Governor Jerry Brown, also a Democrat.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by crafoo on Friday April 27 2018, @08:01AM (3 children)
I guess those two particular republicans showed us their true colors: corporatists.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 27 2018, @02:39PM
Or their adherence to the party line. The GOP are fools for picking the side they have of this issue, and it's likely to go very badly for them.
(Score: 3, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Friday April 27 2018, @05:59PM (1 child)
I guess those two particular republicans showed us their true colors: corporatists.
If you can find me 2 Republicans that support Net Neutrality we can start calling out individuals. Until then, Republicans as a whole are opposed to Net Neutrality.
And Dems as a whole support it.
There is a very distinct difference between the two parties on this issue.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 27 2018, @10:44PM
Want to know what the difference is?
Money.
That is it.
In my state of North Carolina where ALL of this BS started. It was a democrat that started it. That was up until the telcos and advertisement companies figured out they can buy whatever legislation they want. To do that they had to campaign contribute to the majority party at the time. I watched as the 'republicans' and 'democrats flip flopped on the whole thing faster than you could say 'check please'. Did you know you can buy a state congress critter for as little as 500 bucks? A congressman for about 2k and a senator for about 80k?
So the telcos saddled up to the republicans. The advertising agencies saddled up to the democrats.
Both sides have valid arguments. But it is mostly just a money party with us as the cattle they are dividing up. One side wants to double charge us. The other wants to sell our private information. One side is not allowed by law to sell our private information (title I). The other side would love to charge us while they sell our information. The ISPs are stuck trying to play the same game as the providers. The providers are also trying to wall us in on their gilded wall garden. If they could they would double dip too.
You have been manipulated into playing the 'we vs they' game. Congratulations.
Want to 'win'? It is easy. Give them campaign contributions. They will parrot whatever you want for a price. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104114/?ref_=nv_sr_1 [imdb.com]
(Score: 5, Informative) by Thexalon on Friday April 27 2018, @04:16PM (2 children)
There's an anti-net-neutrality bill working its way through the US Congress that would not only end any kind of net neutrality rules at the federal level, but would also prevent states from making any net neutrality laws of their own. And given that AT&T and Comcast are 2 of the most "generous" organizations on Capitol Hill, I'm guessing that will pass.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 27 2018, @08:05PM
The last two decades have been filled with power grabs and the building of a true dystopia where corporations are above all. Just keep boiling the population alive, this house of cards is sturdy as fuuuuck /s
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 27 2018, @11:41PM
The federal government doesn't have the constitutional authority to stop states from implementing net neutrality rules. Unless, of course, you use an insane interpretation of the commerce clause, which our courts do.