marientina

In a very "Carrie-Sex and the City way", I feel like asking: is municipal wireless access a fundamental human right?

My heart says yes and my brain says no. It think it should be available like a utility, in a low-cost manner because it would stimulate the economy so much. It would create jobs and a whole new way of doing things. Mmore people can telecommute rather than waste gas. And it takes so little to make it free...My brain on the other hand keeps thinking OMG what about security and quality of service and free market competition and all that other stuff?

The controversial mayor of San Franscisco sees wireless as a fundamental human right. It is a wonderful thought, yet at a time when everything seems to be slipping back into the past, and we seem to be losing so many rights, (privacy, choice and the right to a clean environment), the topic of wireless internet access seems so futile. Or maybe that will help people mobilize and advocate? Sometimes it isn't good enough to just socialize and talk about things. You have to actually do something about it. Like stand on a picket line. Or boycott something. Even writing this feels cheap to me, but I do have the fundamental right to ponder...:)