[FYI] US-CA: Service providers win one, lose one

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-961001.html?tag=fd_top

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Service providers win one, lose one  

By Paul Festa  

Staff Writer, CNET News.com  

October 7, 2002, 8:48 AM PT  

Internet companies doing business in California won one round and 
lost another as Gov. Gray Davis signed an e-mail bill and vetoed 
legislation regulating Internet service providers.  

The governor late last month signed a bill that requires e-mail 
service providers to give 30 days' notice before shutting down e-mail 
accounts. The law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, does not apply in 
situations where an account holder has violated the terms of service 
or when service is interrupted for reasons beyond the e-mail 
provider's control.  

The governor subsequently vetoed a more sweeping bill that would have 
enacted the same restriction on ISPs (Internet service providers). 
The governor called the bill "well intentioned" but said it failed to 
provide sufficiently for cases of consumer misconduct or technical 
mishap.  

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