The Trump administration is telling California it can't enforce ANY of its telecom consumer protection laws if it wants to receive $1.4 billion in broadband grant money already earmarked by Congress in 2021
Tech academics are urging Gavin Newsom to find a spine and legally challenge the changes
Trump Administration Could Nul...
That means California couldn't enforce its net neutrality law, privacy law, broadband affordability and reliability requirements, or anything else giants like AT&T and Comcast don't like
Any bets on which side of this Gavin Newsom will fall on?
every other state already signed their letter with restrictions attached, in part because telecom lobbyists have already neutered consumer protections in those states.
33 states and D.C. bar their utility commissions from regulating broadband. CPUC has targeted affordability and competition.