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Title: Texas bill would ban throttling in disaster areas
Post by: Elderberry on February 09, 2019, 03:50:07 pm

The Verge 2/9/2019 By Makena Kelly

Earlier this week, a member of the Texas state legislature introduced a bill that would make it a crime for a telecommunications company, like Verizon or AT&T, to throttle internet service in declared disaster areas, according to KUT News.

This Texas bill, HB 1426, doesn’t go any further to codify net neutrality rules, only prohibiting carriers from restricting internet access in disaster areas. It does not ban behaviors like throttling in any other scenarios.

More: https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/9/18217608/texas-bill-hb-1426-throttle-verizon-att-net-neutrality-fcc-ajit-pai (https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/9/18217608/texas-bill-hb-1426-throttle-verizon-att-net-neutrality-fcc-ajit-pai)