BendBroadband says it will keep open internet

BendBroadband spokeswoman DeAnne Boegli said she’s not sure exactly how the Open Internet Order discourages capital investment by internet service providers. The company’s goal is to build a network with top speeds of 600 megabits per second to 1 gigabit per second, “so people don’t have those issues and can have unfettered access to the internet,” she said. Anyone whose business relies on internet traffic is watching this debate, said Lewis Howell, founder of the Bend startup Hueya.io, which makes software that helps consumers monitor their online privacy. “What they’re wanting to say is, ‘It’s our network,’” Howell said. But broadband is more than one company’s means of delivering cable television or web content, he said. “This is a utility everyone has a right to access freely and openly,” Howell said.