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High-speed internet access: a luxury or a right?
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LoneWolf_53
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Re: High-speed internet access: a luxury or a right?
Jlabute wrote:It is what the topic is about. So, is access to Internet a Right?
As far as I'm concerned the title the OP used is incorrect, and also doesn't match her opening paragraph, where it's referred to as a necessity, which I believe to be the proper term.
Thread titles here seem to often go down the same path as Castanet News Headlines, which are also more often than not misleading.
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oneh2obabe
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Re: High-speed internet access: a luxury or a right?
^^^Guess you'll have to take it up with CBC ... it was their headline which I shortened to fit the allowable space.
Digital divide: Is high-speed internet access a luxury or a right?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/inter ... -1.3433848 (2nd link provided in OP)
Digital divide: Is high-speed internet access a luxury or a right?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/inter ... -1.3433848 (2nd link provided in OP)
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LoneWolf_53
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Re: High-speed internet access: a luxury or a right?
oneh2obabe wrote:^^^Guess you'll have to take it up with CBC ... it was their headline which I shortened to fit the allowable space.
Digital divide: Is high-speed internet access a luxury or a right?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/inter ... -1.3433848 (2nd link provided in OP)
No offense but then they got it wrong too. The debates have always been luxury vs necessity, not rights, well unless it's a driving thread. LOL
Mind you even then it's privilege vs right.
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Re: High-speed internet access: a luxury or a right?
^^^lol ... I know but would they listen if we told them they screwed up?
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Re: High-speed internet access: a luxury or a right?
oneh2obabe wrote:^^^lol ... I know but would they listen if we told them they screwed up?
Probably no more than they listen here.
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Re: High-speed internet access: a luxury or a right?
should be a right
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Re: High-speed internet access: a luxury or a right?
In Canada we have this weird problem of believing that a 'right' comes without inherent cost.
I'm OK with high speed Internet being a right but we have to be prepared to make the social investment by way of either (1) tax increases or (2) system-wide service cost increases or (3) higher cost of receiving service if you're in a high cost serving area and probably all three.
I happen to think "right" v.s. "privilege" is the wrong question. I think the question is one of prioritization. We have a lot of problems that I happen to believe need addressing way before we get to the conversation about making Internet a right. For example, electricity delivered to your home is not a "right" if you can't afford to pay for the service. So, you can have Internet but without electricity I don't really see the point. As long as the conversation about affordability of electricity is a question (housing/health/employment/blah blah blah) I think the conversation about Internet access falls way down the line.
I suppose that draws the line between 'right' and 'necessity'. Right = Inalienable. Can/does Internet access rise to that level without a significant social investment?
I'm OK with high speed Internet being a right but we have to be prepared to make the social investment by way of either (1) tax increases or (2) system-wide service cost increases or (3) higher cost of receiving service if you're in a high cost serving area and probably all three.
I happen to think "right" v.s. "privilege" is the wrong question. I think the question is one of prioritization. We have a lot of problems that I happen to believe need addressing way before we get to the conversation about making Internet a right. For example, electricity delivered to your home is not a "right" if you can't afford to pay for the service. So, you can have Internet but without electricity I don't really see the point. As long as the conversation about affordability of electricity is a question (housing/health/employment/blah blah blah) I think the conversation about Internet access falls way down the line.
I suppose that draws the line between 'right' and 'necessity'. Right = Inalienable. Can/does Internet access rise to that level without a significant social investment?