[127519] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Finland makes broadband access a legal right
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Walster)
Thu Jul 1 19:15:23 2010
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From: Matthew Walster <matthew@walster.org>
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 00:14:42 +0100
To: nanog list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On 1 July 2010 23:17, William Herrin <bill@herrin.us> wrote:
> In 1996 a certain inventor of the Internet decided that the universal
> service fund needed to pay for PCs in rural schools (the "E-Rate"
> program) instead of improving rural communications...
As someone who's always been in the "tech" field, the amount spent on
ICT in schools has always shocked and appalled me.
Bring back the Acorn Archimedes and ECONET!
M
