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US Broadband Policy Called "Magical Thinking"

Posted by kdawson on from the unicorns-in-the-tubes dept.

eWeekPete writes "Is the pipe half full or half empty? Not surprisingly, the talk at the second annual Tech Policy Summit was decidedly mixed. 'The US is still the most dynamic broadband economy in the world,' said Ambassador Richard Russell, the associate director of the White House's Office on Science and Technology Policy. 'As opposed to being miles ahead, though, we're only a little ahead.' But Yale Law School's Susan Crawford called Russell's position 'magical thinking. We're not doing well at all.' She proceeded to call the White House's effort 'completely inadequate on broadband competition.'"

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  1. Re:magical thinking by AioKits · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's certainly magical ... like LSD-induced magical. What is this administration smoking? Can I have some? But more importantly, did this administration INHALE?
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  2. Re:magical thinking by Kozar_The_Malignant · · Score: 4, Funny

    But more importantly, did this administration INHALE?

    Snorted.

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  3. Re:magical thinking by sm62704 · · Score: 5, Funny

    What is this administration smoking?

    Corporate poles, of course.

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  4. Re:Wrong by Shakrai · · Score: 3, Funny

    She cheats, she lies, she does drugs, she does all your friends, yet, you still love her ... abuse and all.

    Just wait until you wind up with something that can't be treated with antibiotics ;)

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  5. Dudes... by spazdor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Small fuckin' world, you guys. ...*snif*..

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