AG Bonta, Telecom industry end battle over net neutrality in California

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On Wednesday, Telecommunications industry groups announced that they planned to stop trying to block California's net neutrality law that prevents broadband providers from throttling service.

In a federal court filing in Sacramento, the groups and California Attorney General Rob Bonta jointly agreed to dismiss the case.

"The case is finally over," Bonta said in a statement."With this victory, we've secured a free and open internet for California's 40 million residents once and for all."The law was signed by former Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown after regulators during the Trump administration killed federal net neutrality rules designed to prevent AT&T, Comcast, Verizon and other major internet providers from exploiting their dominance to favor certain services or apps over others.

In addition to barring internet providers from throttling service or charging companies like Netflix for a faster route to customers, the California law banned some forms of"zero rating" — a term for when a cable or phone company exempts a service from data caps.

 

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