Net neutrality delay: Calif. agrees to suspend law until after court case

Enlarge / California State Capitol building in Sacramento. (credit: Getty Images | joe chan photography) California has agreed to delay enforcement of its net neutrality law until after litigation that will determine whether states can implement their own net neutrality rules. California’s net neutrality law was slated to take effect on January 1, 2019. But […]

Comcast complains it will make less money under Calif. net neutrality law

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) California’s net neutrality law will cause “significant lost revenues” for Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company said in a court filing this month. Comcast described the net neutrality law’s potential impact on its ability to charge online service providers and network operators for network interconnection. “The paid interconnection provisions will harm […]

Ecological threats loom amid rising Calif. reservoir, damaged spillway at tallest US dam

A damaged spillway that diverts overflow from a major California reservoir has authorities preparing to use a forested emergency spill route if Lake Oroville continues to rise. A salmon hatchery below the dam is currently at risk, officials say. Rising levels of Northern California’s Lake Oroville, a reservoir contained by the Oroville Dam, the largest […]