Butch, Technically, none of the "necessities" are ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL to survival
If you didn't have electricity, you *could* light a candle If you didn't have heat in the winter, you *could* go chop firewood in the forest If there was no running water, you *could* bring a bucket to the nearby lake If there were no grocery stores, you *could* go shoot a rabbit -Charles ------------------------------------------- CWLab Technology Architects http://www.cwlab.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Butch Evans Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 10:56 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] NYCwireless Network Neutrality Broadband Challenge On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, George wrote: >Ok Butch. Lets take a test. Go to your office and your home and unplug >all your landlines and turn off all the cell phones for 1 week and lets >see what happens. OUCH! I am cold and hungry. Turning pale. My hair is falling out (prolly not related. :-) ). Any rate, If I did this, I would not be happy and I couldn't work, but I WOULD NOT die. Not sure what this "test" would prove... It is not really a fair "test" anyway. This would be the equivalent of removing the wrenches from a mechanic. These tools are directly part of what I do for a living. They are not incidental to HELP me do my job, they ARE my job (so to speak). Perhaps I am missing your point. These things (telephone and internet access) are both very important both from a cultural AND a business standpoint. I agree with you (and others) that both are a very important part of American life. Am I missing something else? Do you suggest that everyone who is an American should (by some unwritten rule) have a "right" to these things? Even if they can't afford it, should we come up with a way to subsidize it? I am not "baiting" you, I am simply not seeing the "point" you are trying to make. -- Butch Evans BPS Networks http://www.bpsnetworks.com/ Bernie, MO Mikrotik Certified Consultant (http://www.mikrotik.com/consultants.html) -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
