U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman, a Republican from Aurora, took the national stage Tuesday to make a case Democrats have been arguing for months: Americans deserve protections against rate hikes to avoid throttled internet speeds.
Republicans on the FCC board repealed President Obama’s net neutrality rules in December.
Colorado Politics told you Monday that Coffman’s bill, called the 21st Century Internet Act, would restore the major portions net neutrality rules set up by the Obama administration-led FCC in 2015. Primarily, it would prevent broadband providers from charging higher rates for faster speeds, giving major retailers a huge advantage over small businesses, while limiting the content individual consumers could browse without paying higher rates.
“The fight to keep the internet open belongs in Congress, not at the Federal Communications Commission,” Coffman said in a statement. “The American people deserve to know that their elected officials, not unelected bureaucrats, are fighting for their interest. That fight begins with my bill, which will create an ‘internet constitution’ with the foundational elements of net neutrality.”
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