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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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Democratic Convention Brings Calls for Broadband Policy

Written by Chanuka Wattegama on August 27, 2008 — Leave a Comment

The U.S. needs a broadband policy targeting unserved areas that’s backed by action, not just words, said several speakers at a technology forum in Denver.
The U.S. has gone from “leader to laggard” in broadband rollout and adoption during the past eight years under Republican President George Bush, said Senator Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, [...]

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