{"id":44,"date":"2008-07-27T23:36:44","date_gmt":"2008-07-28T03:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/?p=44"},"modified":"2022-12-30T11:59:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T16:59:53","slug":"broadband-is-a-civil-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/broadband-is-a-civil-right\/","title":{"rendered":"Broadband is a Civil Right?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Broadband<\/a>According to former Federal Communications Commission<\/a> commissioner Michael Copps<\/a>, American’s civil rights should be expanded to include broadband access. Mr. Copps stated at a July 21, 2008 speech at Carnegie Mellon University<\/a>, “No matter who you are, or where you live, or how much money you make … you will need, and you are entitled to have these tools (broadband Internet<\/a>) available to you, I think, as a civil right<\/a>.”(download from http:\/\/hraunfoss.fcc.gov\/edocs_public\/attachmatch\/DOC-283886A1.pdf<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Ubiquitous broadband is a good thing, perhaps even a lofty political goal and an economic driver. However, I have a hard time figuring out where to place freedom to surf. I wonder where Mr. Copps will place this new civil right, maybe it will be life, liberty, and the pursuit of broadband access (sorry Mr. Jefferson<\/a> your ideas are just so 18th<\/sup> century).<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ralph Bach<\/a>\u00a0has been in IT long enough to know better and has blogged from his\u00a0Bach Seat<\/a> about IT, careers, and anything else that catches his attention since 2005. You can follow him on LinkedIn<\/a>,\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>. Email the Bach Seat\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FCC commissioner says American’s civil rights should include broadband access no matter who you are, or where you live, or how much money you make<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[2196,13,1536,597,2703],"class_list":["post-44","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadband","tag-2196","tag-broadband","tag-fcc","tag-internet-service-provider","tag-thomas-jefferson"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t