Bennet Kelley: Net Neutrality, Green Tech and the Pong Republicans

Lost in the cacophony of rhetoric over President Obama’s stimulus plan, health care, climate change and internet neutrality initiatives, is the common thread in each issue -- making America more competitive in a 21st century economy. While the “pro-business Republicans” hope to score political points by answering “No” to each proposal, in each case their success will be at the expense of American business and our global competitiveness.

This has been especially true in dealing with issues of technology such as broadband deployment and Internet neutrality (aka Net Neutrality). The U.S. has fallen significantly behind its European and Asian counterparts both in terms of broadband penetration and average download speed, ranking 24th among nations in terms of broadband subscribers and 28th in average Internet connection speeds...