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Gov. Jay Inslee On Net Neutrality
- All Americans should enjoy equal access to the educational, social and economic power of the Internet.
- All Internet service providers (Isps) should honour and uphold the open foundation of the Internet.
- Free flow of information over the Internet; no blocking of lawful Websites; no unreasonable discrimination of lawful network traffic.
Inslee's proposal would make Washington state the first in the nation to act on net neutrality.
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Protecting Net Neutrality
- Isps must certify they will not engage in practices inconsistent with net neutrality principles.
- Limit state-conferred benefits to ISPs that have made such certifications.
- Limit applicability of UTC pole attachment rules to ISPs that are net neutral.
- Review other state-conferred benefits such as easements and taxes.
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Leverage the state’s power as a large purchaser of ISP and telecommunications services
- Use the state government’s role as a big customer to Incentivize Washington companies to adhere to net neutrality principles.
- Pursue regulatory and legislative action to award contracts to vendors that meet net neutral business requirements.
- Lead the exploration of a multi-state purchasing cooperative to procure internet service from providers that adhere to net neutrality principles.
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Hold companies accountable for warranties made to consumers
- Create a State-Wide Internet speed test. This will allow people to test their own Broadband speed at home.
- Collaborate with legislators to strengthen our consumer protection laws to include the principles of net neutrality.
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Encourage new entrants into the currently concentrated ISP market
- Pursue legislation authorizing public utility districts and rural and urban port districts to provide retail ISP and telecommunications services.
- Prohibit government-owned Isp services from blocking, throttling or priority pricing.
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Importance Of Net Neutrality
The internet has become an unparalleled economic engine, generating millions of new jobs while providing even the smallest businesses in the United States access to a global marketplace. We should not be taking steps that undermine its core purpose. This is as critical as freedom of speech.
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