Our friend (and Wired editor) Nick Thompson wrote a piece in the Washington Monthly accusing John McCain for the sorry state of America's broadband. It seems the email-avoiding presidential candidate, as chair of the Senate Commerce Committee, supported too much consolidation and too little oversight. The end result?

 

"Since 2000, the United States has gone from fifth in the world to twenty-second in broadband penetration."

To make matters worse for McCain, Thompson points out that France, the scourge of Republicans and veterans alike, now has broadband that's four times as fast—and half the price!

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 http://gizmodo.com/5057848/john-mccain-blamed-for-sucky-broadband-in-us