Democrat Peggy Lamm, a candidate for congress in CD-7, today announced her support for Net Neutrality, the only issue Colorado Pols has actively campaigned for because of its relevance to our own existence. You can click on the link below to see the press release for the Lamm campaign.
You can also help us out in the comments section by pointing out which candidates have taken a stand for or against the issue. We’re going to start keeping a list that we will update regularly. A big, scroll-like list. All you campaigns out there: Send your position on Net Neutrality to webmaster@coloradopols.com to be included.
Peggy Lamm, Democratic candidate for Colorado?s 7th Congressional District issued the following statement today in support of net neutrality:
?I am always amazed by our country?s technological and innovative spirit.? The things we could not imagine decades ago are now the creative tools that better educate our children, improve efficiency in the workplace, and promise to inspire us to new heights.?
?I believe we must protect all Americans? First Amendment rights to access a wide array of information and I believe the government shouldn?t be in the business of limiting these options.? And as an ardent advocate of individual freedoms and liberties, I strongly support Net Neutrality.
?At a time when cable and television consolidation rules have already been significantly undermined, I stand firmly as a guardian of the First Amendment.? We can?t let big business or government dictate what we watch, read, or learn.? The Internet?s resources should not become fair game for big corporate payoffs, nor should quicker or broader access only be awarded to the wealthiest few.? Net Neutrality is rooted in our nation?s founding principles.? I fought to pass Colorado?s Telemarketing No-Call legislation, and I will continue my record of standing up for the people of Colorado by fighting to end corruption and bureaucracy and working to ensure broad Internet access for all Americans.?
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I have no financial stake in the net neutrality debate, although I do post to a blog.
The internet may be a public forum, but access to the internet is controlled through private gateways. For that reason the road analogy fails, unless you change it slightly.
Net neutrality is not concerned with the roadway; the piece of the internet at issue is the “car” websites drive on the “roadway.” The ISP is the website’s vehicle for accessing the internet. While the “speed limit” language makes us think of signs on the road, what net neutrality is actually the equivalent of is forcing everyone to drive a Yugo.
What network freedom would allow is for websites, ANY website including coloradopols.com and watchtower.org, to buy the “car” that suits their needs. If my text-only blog works fine at Yugo speed, I don’t need to buy a Cadillac – but why should Congress forbid coloradopols.com from buying a better vehicle if they want it? Moreover, why should Congress mandate what kind of cars ISPs sell and who they sell to?
Access to the ISPs’ property, just like access to my front porch, is not a right. It is a privilege, bought and paid for by the speaker.