Good points on all fronts. The types of questions asked tend to betray the political leanings of the questioners–I don’t know Anne Broache’s politics, but Declan McCullagh is an avowed libertarian who tends to focus on issues intersecting between civil rights, privacy, and technology.

Regarding the idea of tiered pricing for broadband, that’s been a fundamental tenet of the net neutrality fight. Despite what some folks on the other side may tell you, there’s nothing wrong with charging more for dedicated tiers of faster service–as long as it doesn’t degrade or block basic existing service, or direct customers to one site over another.

That was a very informative post.

Thanks,

Jeff

You want your video, VOIP, you pay.

You want to surf and search, that is background stuff for the switches anyway.

I would like to see energy tech included in this questionaire.
Now that they have been able to make hydrogen by adding aluminum to water, or aiming a sound transponder at a glass vial, do they still think we should be using the last of our farmland for corn that is just going to be biomass.?
Corn isn’t as good as soybeans for biomass, takes more chemicals, more water, and is raising the prices of foodstuffs (especially hops for beer !)

This is critical for the nation, and I feel it is way underground (sts).

Desert Rat

Bah. Nor were any notable independents asked (Nader, McKinney & other Greens or Libertarians, or our own esteemed Dr. Smith).

So I’ll be curious to see how candidates walk that fine line. Market innovation? Government regulation? Economic or tax incentives?

Thanks, Martin.

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