Rep. Brian King looks to restore net neutrality standards in Utah [telecom]

By James Hoyt

State Rep. Brian S. King (D-Salt Lake) is crafting legislation that would require internet service providers that do business with state and local agencies to adhere to the net neutrality guidelines that were in place before Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai dismantled them last year.

Proponents of net neutrality - which includes 80 percent of respondents in one national poll from 2017 - say Pai's rules enable large ISPs to choke out smaller competition and will allow them to control how content is served up to internet users in the future. In response, providers have said they "have committed to no blocking, no throttling and no anticompetitive prioritization," according to an emailed statement from the Utah Cable and Telecommunications Association.

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