[148213] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Whacky Weekend: Is Internet Access a Human Right?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Franck Martin)
Thu Jan 5 15:16:14 2012
From: Franck Martin <fmartin@linkedin.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 20:15:15 +0000
In-Reply-To: <3949.1325782553@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
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Universal Access vs Universal Service
It is important to understand the difference.
I have argued that Developing countries should only provide Universal
Access as the weight of providing Universal Service is way too expensive
and would tax too much the business community which is developing the
economy so that Universal Service may become a reality one day.
On 1/5/12 8:55 , "Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu" <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote:
>On Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:09:59 EST, Jay Ashworth said:
>
>> Didn't *say* broadband. Didn't even say "Internet service". Said
>>"Internet
>> *access*", in the non-techspeak meaning of those words.
>
>There are those who would say "Free Internet access is available at the
>Public Library and the Community Center" counts as "internet access".
>
>What say the peanut gallery?
