Setting the Record Straight: Carriers Can Help Veterans and Comply with California’s Net Neutrality Law
Of Interest 2021-03-25
Summary:
Location
United States
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Author(s):
Barbara van Schewick
Publication Date:
March 25, 2021
Publication Type:
Other Writing
On Wednesday, Politico reported on a leaked email from the Department of Veterans Affairs, expressing concern that California’s net neutrality law could force some wireless providers to end a program that exempted the V.A.’s telehealth app from their customers’ data caps.
Veterans across the country and in California shouldn’t have to worry they’ll go over their data caps by talking to their doctor or mental health provider online. In fact, no American or Californian should.
But California’s net neutrality law is not the problem here.