ISPs Warn Oregon PUC Not to Proceed With Net Neutrality
Industry warned the Oregon Public Utility Commission about implementing the state’s net neutrality law restricting procurement to ISPs that don’t follow open-internet rules (see 1809250018). It’s "widely believed" that law "is vulnerable to legal challenge,” CenturyLink commented this week in…
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docket AR-618: "CenturyLink hopes that Oregon will reconsider this path.” If the PUC acts, it should clarify that obligations don't exceed the FCC's now-moot 2015 rules, the carrier said. Federal law pre-empts Oregon from regulating broadband internet access service, CTIA commented: “State net neutrality rules could also have a negative impact on contracting with Oregon governmental entities by creating significant uncertainty surrounding compliance.” ACLU and the Oregon Citizens’ Utility Board urged the PUC to dismiss legal pressure. “Notwithstanding exhaustive threats from local and national cable telecommunications associations to sue the state," the PUC “has every right and responsibility to carry forward as instructed by the Oregon legislature,” they said.