Spitzer pushes for universal Internet access

[DoYouEverWonder]

May 16, 2006

Citing a 1934 law that ensured telephone service for every American household, state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said Monday that the federal government must now make the same guarantee for Internet access.

Until that happens, the gubernatorial candidate proposes that New York State take responsibility for ensuring there is no velvet rope blocking the entrance to the World Wide Web.

"We must make New York State the most connected and technologically advanced place to live and do business in the world," Spitzer said during a speech in Manhattan at the Personal Democracy Forum, which examined the intersection of technology and politics. "The problem isn't a lack of resources, it's a lack of imagination and a lack of leadership."

Yet as Spitzer himself pointed out Monday, the goal of universal Internet access could require a major shift in the way broadband, DSL and dial-up connections are provided.


http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/am-wifi0516,0,961181.story?coll=ny-nycnews-headlines

[C_U_L8R]

1. If hope Spitzer insures

that access is "tap free"

[amerikat]

2. He rocks

I can't wait until he is attorney general of the USA.

[bluestateguy]

3. That's one way to open up alternative media to more people

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[aquart]

4. He's got my vote.

[Julius Civitatus]

5. Spitzer is an awesome guy

His integrity and strenght in this day and age is a true inspiration.

Signed: a New Yorker proud of Spitzer's record, hoping he becomes the NEXT NY GOVERNOR, to replace that putz Pataki.

:patriot:

[oscar111]

6. PHONE FOR ALL LAW? arent there folks today with no phone?

what happened to that law?

[zalinda]

7. That law was enacted because the phone company

did not want to run wires into rural areas, where they would not get a lot of customers. I'm not sure what Spitzer is talking about beyond that.

But, I've got to say, he's got great ads, simple and direct. Whoever is doing them should do them for the next dem running for President.

zalinda