Montana governor orders net neutrality for state contracts
0Montana governor orders net neutrality for state contracts.
HELENA, Mont. — Montana Gov. Steve Bullock signed an executive order Monday 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.”
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