BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
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Re: Try it in a college town
said by fiberguy  : The internet is NOT a "public utility"... It may be important to YOU or to SOME, but still not to the masses. You know if it was 100 years ago the same arguments would be made about electricity, telephone and indoor plumbing. |
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fiberguy
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
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Re: Try it in a college town
said by fiberguy :... and? are you that stupid?
If people like you had their way and not spent money on getting "luxuries" like electricy, indoor plumbing and phones serivce to ALL Americans our country would be considered third world to this day.
The 3% excise tax that had been on phones for over 100 years was actually considered a LUXURY tax meant to get more money form the rich because only the rich had phones and used then to make long distance calls. Funny how things change. One day the internet wil be viewed in the same light as electricy, water and phone service. And since it will be viewed that way one day wait until that day and start accepting it NOW? |
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fiberguy
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1 edit | Nope.. I'm not. However, I don't agree with you still.
The internet is not an important service to sustain life like phone, power, gas, or water is.
The same could have been said about Television. The internet, like television, is "information".. why isn't Cable TV a "utility"..? If you ask me, the information that comes across cable is just as important. News and information IS something that can sustain life. If the bomb is going to drop, I'd want/need to know. The internet, in my opinion, is on the same level as TV. You CAN live with out it.
The phone - a life line to emergency services.
Water - you need it to drink and be sanitary.
Electric/Gas - needed to heat and cool.
And, you keep saying "indoor plumbing".. the INDOOR plumbing is NOT the utility. The pipes in the street, however, are. And, not to mention, I still have a house that has no sewer or street pluming. I get water from my own well, and a septic tank in the back does the rest. Of course, in a city you need it.
Until and unless the government mandates certain public resources solely to the internet, which I doubt we'll see for quite some time yet, the internet still isn't a utility.
Please, name ONE thing that can ONLY be done online that is an integral part of society.
Also,.. a lot has changed in 100 years. If you really want to live in the past because it supports your view, then I'd be happy to pull many more things from 100 years ago, but I think many woman and ethnic groups would disagree. |
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