Cable lobby tries to stop state investigations into slow broadband speeds
This title is horribly misleading. The actual point of contention is whether the FCC's rules on speed disclosure preempt rules enacted by the state. This isn't Big Cable paying off lawmakers to stop some 'investigation', this is companies trying to avoid having deal with 50 different speed disclosure laws, and it could go either way.I don't necessarily like it, but as a matter of law my opinion is that Big Cable should win this one. Setting a uniform national standard is one of the situations where federal laws commonly preempt state laws and the lack of a uniform standard would be confusing to consumers.