[141679] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Yup; the Internet is screwed up.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Brim)
Fri Jun 10 10:05:44 2011
In-Reply-To: <20110610134746.GA11923@hiwaay.net>
From: Scott Brim <scott.brim@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:04:30 -0400
To: Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net>, NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 09:47, Chris Adams <cmadams@hiwaay.net> wrote:
> I'd go so far as to say "user failure". =A0If I wanted cable TV
> (especially if I needed it at home as part of my job), I wouldn't
> buy/rent/lease/whatever a home without checking that cable TV is
> available at that location.
Yeah, he messed up, but the social problem is still real. The
Internet is now more important than electricity or water -- you can go
off the grid or dig your own well, but more and more you can't get a
job or talk to the government without web access and email.
