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Cough Up The Bandwidth

February 15, 2019 by Marc Handelman in Telecom, Radio Telephony, Accountability, Legislation

via Kieren McCarthy, writing at El Reg, reports of a contemplated bill (H.B. 1426) before the State of Texas' House of Representatives ostensibly making data throttling on mobile networks during a declared emergency illegal.

My two-bits is to include incarceration as a penalty, and you'll see some fast action and/or nationalization of the offending company's circuits for (at least) the duration of the emergency plus 45 days... (this would parallel the federalization of our nation's railroads during wartime - last used in the 20th century, during World War II) What'll it be there, Pard? At any rate, this is all speculation...)

February 15, 2019 /Marc Handelman
Telecom, Radio Telephony, Accountability, Legislation