RI House Panel Mulls Net Neutrality
Cable and wireless industries opposed a Rhode Island net neutrality bill, at a livestreamed hearing Wednesday. The House Innovation, Internet and Technology Committee held the bill for further study, a common practice that doesn’t mean the panel won’t later take…
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it up. HB-7187 would require ISPs to follow open-internet rules and allow state contracts only with companies that adhere. The bill isn’t needed because there have been no ISP net neutrality violations, said New England Cable and Telecommunications Association President Tim Wilkerson. Cox sees “no pressing need” and states are preempted, said Latham & Watkins lawyer Matt Murchison. CTIA Vice President-State Legislative Affairs Gerard Keegan also opposed HB-7187. The American Civil Liberties Union thinks net neutrality rules are critical, said Hannah Stern, ACLU-Rhode Island policy associate.