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TexasTowelie

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Sat Apr 6, 2019, 12:13 AM Apr 2019

Gov. Polis is about to sign a Colorado net neutrality bill -- one with some serious teeth

Now that Democrats are in charge, Colorado’s second attempt at its own version of a net neutrality law passed the General Assembly and now heads to Gov. Jared Polis for his certain signature.

Keeping internet speeds consistent regardless of whether a customer is streaming video from Comcast or Netflix wasn’t the only intent of the Senate Bill 78. The bill also makes internet service providers pay back state grants to build broadband infrastructure if those companies use paid prioritization to favor some internet traffic over others, or slow down speeds for some users.

“What I was really looking for in this year’s bill was the appropriate nexus of action. A lot of the bills we saw getting in trouble in other states, or bills that were facing a lot of opposition, were more about sending a message of net neutrality instead of looking for a fulcrum point for state action,” said Sen. Kerry Donovan, a Democrat from Vail who sponsored last year’s bill and wrote this year’s bill. “This bill says that if you’re going to ask to be funded by the people in Colorado directly out of their paycheck then you need to adhere to these principles.”

Polis, a former tech entrepreneur, “supports this bill,” a spokeswoman said.

Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2019/04/05/colorados-own-net-neutrality-bill-gets-some-teeth/

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Gov. Polis is about to sign a Colorado net neutrality bill -- one with some serious teeth (Original Post) TexasTowelie Apr 2019 OP
I wait with great anticipation. Comcast IS throttling I am certain... hlthe2b Apr 2019 #1

hlthe2b

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1. I wait with great anticipation. Comcast IS throttling I am certain...
Sat Apr 6, 2019, 07:20 AM
Apr 2019

Several front range communities (Boulder, Longmont, Fort Collins, etc. have created or are developing their own broadband system), passed in voter referendums in no small part due to outrage over net neutrality dismantling and the monopoly that (mostly) Comcast has had over broadband.

I can not wait for the latter to occur and the former to show its teeth.

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