Lawrence Lessig: John McCain gets an “F” in Internet technology

Lawrence Lessig tells it simply and straight: the past eight years have been horrible for Internet users in the  U.S.   Broadband access in the U.S. has dropped from #5 at the beginning of Bush's term to #22 now.  In many countries, you will pay half of what Americans pay for…

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Internet for everyone? Why not?

Here's a terrific article by Tim Karr of Free Press.  Why not exert some intelligent political will and make certain that blistering high-speed broadband is available to anyone who wants it at a reasonable price?   Karr's article comes with some disturbing statistics: Access to broadband today is held in the…

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