net neutrality
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GOP primary challenger Roger Edwards rips Mike Coffman’s position on ‘progressive, left-wing’ net neutrality
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Roger Edwards, the Highlands Ranch Republican challenging five-term U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman in a primary, tore into the incumbent’s position on net neutrality in an email to supporters Monday, calling it “not conservative” and contrary to President Donald Trump’s plan to cut regulations. “Net neutrality is a progressive left-wing cause. Mainly supported by those who…
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Insights: In a web of confusion few Colorado parties are neutral on net neutrality
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Between the pendulum of fake news and alternative facts, the average citizen trusts in a leap of faith to understand anything out of Washington these days. The issue of net neutrality lays this bare. Three Republicans outvoted two Democrats on the Federal Communications Commission this month to abolish rules established in 2015 with the open…
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Democratic AG candidate Phil Weiser talks net neutrality in a nutshell — and in law review articles
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Phil Weiser knows net neutrality. The Democratic candidate for attorney general and former University of Colorado Law School dean is an expert on the topic – the term was first introduced, after all, at the Boulder policy center he founded, the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology and Entrepreneurship, and the FCC chairman who implemented the…
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Sen. Rachel Zenzinger joins legislative Democrats amping up fight for net neutrality
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Since Republicans on the Federal Communications Commission struck down net neutrality, Democrats have been spoiling for a fight at the state level. Now Colorado state Sen. Rachel Zenzinger wants in. The Democrat from Arvada officially joined the fray Thursday in a letter to state Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, a Republican running for governor, “to help…
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Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette plans to co-sponsor bill to restore net neutrality
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, a Democrat from Denver, plans to co-sponsor a bill next month to reverse last week’s administrative decision that eliminated net neutrality. Net neutrality was a rule requiring internet service providers to treat all internet data the same. In other words, Comcast, Verizon, AT&T and other internet service providers could…
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Expect net neutrality to become a Colorado legislative issue next session
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The Colorado legislature will take up net neutrality in the session that begins in January, as some lawmakers try to shield the state from federal rules that give Internet service providers more say in the speed allowed for some websites over others. That’s a big advantage to big companies that can afford to pay more.…
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Sen. Michael Bennet to discuss Senate GOP tax bill on Facebook Tuesday evening
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U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., is hosting a Facebook live town hall on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. (7:30 ET) p.m. The question-and-answer session will focus on the Senate Republican tax bill. Bennet is asking constituents to submit questions ahead of time on Facebook, or, submit questions by emailing Townhall@bennet.senate.gov. Those who want to listen to…
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Rein in the federal government on regulating the Internet like a public utility
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For more than two decades, the Internet has changed our lives. Less government interference allowed free-market forces to work and drove investment and innovation. Then in 2015, the Obama administration decided the federal government should essentially seize control of the Internet by declaring it a public utility like electric or sewer services. In the meantime,…
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Robo-comments run amok for Coloradans who never signed on
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You can add a new hashtag to the list spawned by #FakeNews: #FakeComments. Denver Fox31-TV’s Emily Allen reported over the weekend that some 7,000 Coloradans posted a comment – the same comment, in fact – to a federal government website in favor of ending the rules on “net neutrality.” Only, none of them knew about it.…
