New York Governor Mandates Net Neutrality

Broadband companies that want to do business with state agencies in New York will have to abide by some key net neutrality rules, under an order signed Wednesday by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

The executive order, which takes effect March 1, specifically prohibits carriers that contract with state agencies from blocking, throttling or prioritizing content or applications, and from charging consumers “different or higher rates to access specific types of content or applications.”

With the move, New York joins the state of Montana in using the power to enter into contracts as a mechanism to guarantee net neutrality.

Cuomo’s order comes six weeks after the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal a set of net neutrality rules passed in 2015. Those rules also prohibited carriers from blocking or throttling material, and from charging higher fees for prioritized delivery.

“The FCC’s dangerous ruling goes against the core values of our democracy, and New York will do everything in our power to protect net neutrality and the free exchange of ideas,” Cuomo stated Wednesday. AT&T, Verizon and Frontier are among the carriers that reportedly currently have contracts with the state.

When the FCC repealed the net neutrality rules, the agency also attempted to prohibit states from creating or enforcing their own version of net neutrality regulations.
more at:  https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/313526/new-york-governor-mandates-net-neutrality.html

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