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Wireless trade group urges committee to reject H.11, warns state-level net neutrality rules could hamper deployment
Summary
CTIA testified to the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee that H.11 would add duplicative reporting, vague compliance standards and state-specific net neutrality certification requirements that could slow broadband expansion and raise costs for Vermont consumers.
Anissa Reed, representing CTIA, told the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee on Feb. 14 that the wireless industry “respectfully oppose[s] house bill 11.” She said H.11 would impose “unnecessary state specific net neutrality certification requirements, duplicative data reporting mandates, and vague restrictions on business practices.”
Reed said those requirements could slow broadband expansion, increase costs and ultimately harm Vermont consumers and businesses. She told the committee that wireless broadband is an interstate service and that state-specific regulation creates a “patchwork of conflicting rules” that raises regulatory uncertainty for…
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