I think you're going to find the opposite - end of net neutrality in the 
usa and rampant privatization. It's a culture war, this time in anything 
other than name...

- Alan


On Thu, 14 Apr 2011, Lichty, Patrick wrote:

> Although I see Berner-Lee's point, I also feel like it's a position somewhere 
> between the modernist trope of technology saving us and the technooligarchic 
> One Laptop Per Child.  But on the other had, with the disparity between the 
> world's rich and poor widening daily, I can't really be against any 
> initiative that seeks to empower the underclasses in any way.
>
> Not, if this is really true, I am for deprivatizing OSP's and ISP's and 
> making them public utilities.
> Say good bye to GoDaddy!  Fine with me!
>
> Patrick Lichty
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> Dept of Interactive Arts & Media
> Columbia College Chicago
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> that it is the right thing to do, and that is all."
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