California accepts $1.42B in federal broadband funding, but challenges the Trump administration's demand that it stop enforcing state net neutrality rules
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California taking $1.42B in federal broadband money while fighting to keep state net neutrality rules shows infrastructure dollars will increasingly come with policy strings attached. If you’re an ISP or last-mile operator, you now have to model not just build costs but regulatory fragmentation by state when planning where to deploy capital.
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