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Sorry for those of you who logged on to the New America Foundation’s webcast of the debate between Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Reed Hundt, the tech advisers of McCain and Obama yesterday. Holtz-Eakin did not show up at all, due to a “last minute scheduling conflict” according to the McCain campaign. Although it seems to have been an honest scheduling conflict, Holtz-Eakin appeared on MSNBC at 1:00 p.m., right during the middle of the New America event. While on MSNBC, Holtz-Eakin…

The New America Foundation is hosting a live webcast on 30 October 2008 starting at 12:25 EST featuring Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Reed Hundt, who will debate the candidates’ tech agendas. Here’s a description of the topics that will be discussed:

Why is the United States falling behind the rest of the world in broadband access, and how can the US reverse that? What should American immigration policy be for skilled tech workers? How can US technology policies strengthen the broader economy?…

Last week I posted an article about the ubiquitous presence (and sponsor support) of AT&T at the Democratic Convention so I wondered whether an Obama administration would really push for net neutrality. Several people pointed out that Barack Obama has always been a proponent of net neutrality and is well aware of the lack of broadband competition in the US.

His stand on net neutrality is posted on the Obama website:

“A key reason the Internet has been such a success is…