| While the Presidential candidates are busy debating | | | | can encourage corporations to narrow the margin |
| over important issues such as health care, the war in | | | | between people with high-speed Internet access and |
| Iraq, and the economy and safety of America, it | | | | the economic gap by offering tax incentives. |
| seems almost inane to ask them how they feel | | | | When asked about net neutrality, Clinton, Obama, |
| about the future of technology. However, this is not | | | | and McCain all said that they felt that all Internet |
| the case. We need to think about the future of | | | | traffic should be treated the same. Huckabee didn't |
| technology as the future of America. Economically | | | | know that net neutrality refers to the preferential |
| speaking, America cannot grow and thrive if we are | | | | treatment of some types of data over other and |
| not at the top of our technological game. Some of | | | | that many major ISPs are considering additional |
| the major concerns in the technological field include | | | | charges to people depending on the amount of |
| keeping pace with other nations both in creating new | | | | bandwidth used. Once explained, Huckabee felt that |
| advances in technology, as well as making current | | | | net neutrality was a good thing. His analogy |
| technology more accessible. Sadly, America is falling | | | | comparing the Internet to a highway and data to the |
| behind other developed nations and is currently 14th | | | | vehicles on the highway conveyed his believe in |
| in providing broadband access to its citizens. | | | | equality on the Internet. |
| All of the candidates are pushing for a national | | | | On the issues of privacy and security, both |
| Internet access coverage plan. Hillary Clinton's plan, | | | | Democratic candidates think that the current |
| "Connect America" would use federal tax breaks to | | | | Homeland Security wiretaps and other surveillance |
| encourage the major communication companies to | | | | imposed by the Bush administration should be put to |
| expand into less populated areas. Obama says | | | | a stop. The Republican candidates feel that |
| Internet access should be treated like phone and | | | | surveillance in the name of national security and to |
| electric service, an essential utility for every | | | | fight terrorism should be allowed. All candidates felt |
| American. Mike Huckabee feels that legislation and | | | | that the government should support programs that |
| regulations will help speed faster Internet access to | | | | encourage technological development. |
| the masses and McCain thinks that the government | | | | |