California IP Regulation Pre-emption Bill Fails
With California's AB-1366 going nowhere this year and the law restraining state authority over broadband to expire at year's end, California needs to move on a plan to connect all residents to affordable fiber access, Electronic Frontier Foundation Legislative Counsel…
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Ernesto Falcon blogged Tuesday. With cable ISPs not getting major fiber-centric competition from telcos, policymakers need to find out why the "largest telecoms" have "willfully decided not to invest in future-proof networks" and they should push policies aiding small ISPs and local governments that "shoulder the burden of building fiber networks," EFF said. AB-1366 would have extended until Jan. 1, 2022, a prohibition on state regulation of VoIP or IP-enabled services. Falcon emailed us Wednesday that the bill failed to make a Tuesday deadline to be brought to the legislative floor, meaning it can't be voted on this year. It "remains alive for 2020 debate," he added.