Sep. 18th, 2008

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The EFF pointed me at this article in Slate about Obama's and McCain's policies on net-neutrality and the internet. It's written by an Obama supporter and a net-neutrality supporter, so I'm tempted to dig deeper to find out if each candidate's true beliefs are accurately represented by the article, but it's an issue that's important to me, and I likely will look into it before election day. I'm not a single-issue voter, but of the issues I care about, this is near the top of my list.

From the article:
So, which candidate is on the side of the market? Both McCain and Obama would claim that their views on the Internet and net neutrality are "pro-market." McCain calls it "prescriptive regulation" to dictate to cable or phone companies in what form they must provide the Internet. Conversely, Obama's camp says that a neutral Internet, like other public utilities, is the base line over which the free market operates.
[...]
Camp McCain dreams of a competitive market in Internet services, and so if Obama sees the Internet as a road, McCain takes it as a car: something that consumers will buy if they want it.


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