----- Original Message ----- > From: "Leo Bicknell" <bickn...@ufp.org>
> Broadband, to me, is not a human right. It is something that makes our > society more efficient, and improves the quality of life for virtually > every citizen, so I do think the government has a role and interest in > seeing widespread, if not universal broadband deployment. Failure to > provide broadband to someone is not a human rights violation though, > and the idea that it is probably is offensive to those who have > experienced real human rights violations. Didn't *say* broadband. Didn't even say "Internet service". Said "Internet *access*", in the non-techspeak meaning of those words. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274