As long as it is an "option" and does not drive out competition for ISPs - I see this as a cool thing.
The government being involved it filtering is a little disturbing... They should put the filtering under the control of the librarians. Librarians, as a whole, seem to always do a good job of managing freedom over censorship while still keeping the kids away from content that is not appropriate. On Oct 14, 10:01 am, "Cary Preston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Intriguing, and potentially a great thing. I do have some questions about > the service- what qualifies as filter-worthy? No filter works perfectly, and > since the government would be entangled would more than just porn be > targeted. How about privacy- would you have to sacrifice keeping your web > history (relatively) personal in exchange for the free service? The feds > currently have the ability to track anything you take from a public library; > how would this be any different? > > On 10/14/08, Todd Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007921.html > > > Update. Using the wireless spectrum for free internet across the country. > > That would be amazing, even if it was limited. Think of all the people who > > need it. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
