LEGAL/NET NEUTRALITY: “Montana Gov. Steve Bullock signed an executive order Monday [1-22-18] requiring telecommunications companies with state contracts to follow net neutrality principles, saying Montana would continue expectations about a ‘free and open Internet’ and called on other states to follow his lead.
The executive order states that Internet, data and telecommunications contractors doing business with the state must adhere to net neutrality principles as of July 1.
That means the service provider can’t block lawful Internet traffic ‘or unreasonably interfere or disadvantage the users’ ability to select, access, and use broadband internet access service.’…
Bullock said he was the first governor in the nation to implement such action in the wake of the FCC’s decision to repeal net neutrality rules and called on other other governors to join him…
More than 20 state attorneys general have joined a lawsuit challenging the FCC repeal, which is expected to go into effect this spring. Bullock believed the executive order could withstand any legal challenges.”
-Phil Drake, “Montana governor orders net neutrality for state contracts,” USA Today, Jan. 23, 2018 11:47am