Level 3: ‘Free, open Internet’ at risk

BROOMFIELD – The public relations battle between Level 3 Communications Inc. and Comcast Corp. continued Friday when Level 3 published a statement saying the future of “a free and open Internet” is at stake.

Level 3 (Nasdaq: LVLT), a Broomfield-based telecommunications company, and Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA and CMCSK), a cable and Internet service provider, have been engaged in a public war of words since Nov. 29, when Level 3 accused Comcast of “putting up a toll booth at the borders of its broadband Internet access network” by demanding Level 3 pay fees to provide online content such as streaming movies to…