Damn, you beat me to it. I think you did a better job explaining than I would have, too. An upvote for you, sir!
For any skeptics or laymen who might have been lost at 'electromagnetic wavefront', or who are wondering why electrons would seem to move so slowly when we think of electricity (and even free electrons) as moving so fast, the analogy of the broomstick really does not do it justice, since you can't see the broomstick oscillating very quickly as you might have guessed the electrons must really do to satisfy Heisenberg:
The important concept to understand is that information does not move trapped inside of individual electrons, and thus is not at all limited by electron drift velocity.
For any skeptics or laymen who might have been lost at 'electromagnetic wavefront', or who are wondering why electrons would seem to move so slowly when we think of electricity (and even free electrons) as moving so fast, the analogy of the broomstick really does not do it justice, since you can't see the broomstick oscillating very quickly as you might have guessed the electrons must really do to satisfy Heisenberg:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle_in_a_box
http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=121456
The keyword is "electron drift velocity"
The important concept to understand is that information does not move trapped inside of individual electrons, and thus is not at all limited by electron drift velocity.