In a letter to Oregon State Representative Jennifer Williamson, a coalition of consumer and privacy groups voice strong support for HB 4155, a bill that will require ISPs conducting business in Oregon to adhere to net neutrality principles. Net neutrality is the basic principle that ISPs will treat all websites, apps, and other services on its networks equally. By establishing a net neutrality standard by which a state, a large consumer of telecommunication services, will award contracts to ISPs, consumers as a whole benefit from state and local governments stepping up to ensure an open internet. This pro-consumer legislation would protect and support the internet as we know it, ensuring that consumers have access to an open marketplace where companies large and small compete on equal terms.
