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Re: Finland makes broadband access a legal right

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Palmer)
Thu Jul 1 21:57:51 2010

Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:54:52 +1000
From: Matthew Palmer <mpalmer@hezmatt.org>
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On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 12:14:42AM +0100, Matthew Walster wrote:
> 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.

Don't get me started on ICT in schools.  Please.

- Matt

-- 
<Igloo> I remember going to my first tutorial in room 404. I was most upset
when I found it.


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