- I'm a Democrat, and an Obama supporter, and
- I tend to side with free markets when questions of governmental industry regulation arise.
How about this proposal: we force big telco and cable to grant access to their carrier lines for broadband services, and in return we grant school choice to rural districts with charter and private schools based on distance learning models? Decisions, decisions....
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Isn’t McCain simply doing the bidding of the powers that be? The MSM and its corporate owners do not want a free, fast and open internet. They want it fast for them and slow for everyone else. My point may go more towards what the future internet will look like. However, isn’t blaming McCain for the internet being slow a little like crediting Al Gore for inventing the internet?
First, Main Stream Media has no desire to keep broadband speeds and penetration down. On the contrary, the faster and more widely used broadband becomes, the more varied market applications (and therefore revenue channels) appear. Internet is restricted primarily by the large telco providers through various means.
Even though I never blamed McCain for the Internet being slow. I simply said he's no help to improving current conditions (which is true, check his record). However, your Gore analogy is a good one. Gore didn't invent the Internet, but he helped pass the legislation that enabled it and was a staunch early supporter. McCain isn't responsible for the Internet's under-performance, but he certainly does what he can to preserve the status quo and discourage competition.
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