Obama and McCain Differ on Net Neutrality - Internet Policy

It wasn't a contentious topic at last night's presidential debate, but network neutrality is the hot-button issue on the mind of PM's senior tech editor. He explores the candidates' stands on the issue in a Conflicts of interest, questionable accounting and government regulation are all on the political hot plate right now as the financial markets slide into meltdown mode. As a technology journalist I find it interesting that these very same factors are pivotal to another issue that probably will never make it into a presidential debate (it certainly wasn't mentioned last night). Network neutrality has gathered enough political momentum for both candidates to take an official stand on it. Although the issue was debated furiously in both the House of Representatives and the Senate in 2006, neither side managed to produce a... [read full story]