Tag Archive for ‘John McCain’ at LIRNEasia

Tag Archive for 'John McCain'

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Barack Obama calls for broadband deployment during debate

on September 30, 2008

Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic candidate for U.S. president, mentioned broadband rollout as one of his top priorities during a debate Friday evening, bringing applause from several groups promoting universally available broadband as a key part of a turn-around in the U.S. economy.

Obama, debating Senator John McCain, the Republican candidate for president, listed broadband rollout to rural areas as one of his top priorities that he wouldn’t cut when asked about U.S. government budget constraints.

Read the full story in ‘Network World’ here.

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Tags: Barack Obama, Broadband, John McCain, U.S. government, United States.

Net Neutrality: Why LIRNEasia may not see byte to byte with Barack Obama

Chanuka Wattegama

on September 2, 2008

Barack Obama stands for Net Neutrality while John McCain sternly opposes. Internet should be open space, says Obama, for anyone to use any application of his/her choice without discrimination.

That is like saying the roads are free for anyone to drive any vehicle they like at any time. It sounds good in theory. However, in practice it is a different story.

Can we let the container-trucks to move during peak hours congesting roads? Can we let bullock carts in a high way?

In spite of the tech-savvy image he tries to cultivate, perhaps Obama has not heard about the broadband quality issues. Perhaps he assumes at the zenith of developed world USA does not face bandwidth issues. He is wrong.

Net Neutrality comes with a price tag attached. If…

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Tags: Barack Obama, Broadband, India, John McCain, Sri Lanka, United States.

Obama = Broadband; McCain = Dial-up?

Chanuka Wattegama

on August 27, 2008

Leading Democrats on Tuesday attacked the Bush administration’s broadband policy and the technology track record of GOP presidential hopeful John McCain, while leading tech companies pushed for a more tech-savvy and innovative federal government.

“The Obama campaign is the broadband campaign and the McCain campaign is the dial-up campaign,” said Edward Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat and chairman of the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on telecom and the Internet.

Markey and other members of Congress were on hand at the Democratic National Convention in Denver for several technology panels hosted by the Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) and the Silicon Flatirons Center at the University of Colorado.

“On McCain’s watch, the U.S. fell from third to fifteenth in broadband penetration,” said Julius Genachowski, technology advisor to Democratic…

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Tags: Barack Obama, Broadband, Bush administration, Colorado, Commerce Committee, Computer and Communications Industry Association, Congress, Denver, Edward Markey, House Energy and Commerce subcommittee, John McCain, Julius Genachowski, Massachusetts, open Internet, Republican Party, Silicon Flatirons Center, technology industry, technology panels, technology track record, United States, University of Colorado.

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