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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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