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Barack Obama calls for broadband deployment during debate

Written by Chanuka Wattegama on September 30, 2008 — Leave a Comment

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 [...]

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

Written by Chanuka Wattegama on September 2, 2008 — 32 Comments

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 [...]

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Obama = Broadband; McCain = Dial-up?

Written by Chanuka Wattegama on August 27, 2008 — 2 Comments

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 [...]

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