S.F. mayor sees wireless service as basic right

[Obiepup]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who became internationally known for his campaign a year ago to legalize gay marriage, on Monday said he considered wireless Internet access a fundamental right of all citizens. .........................

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?id=2005100322030002774579&dt=20051003220300&w=RTR&coview=

[burrowowl]

1. I agree, the airwaves

belong to the People!

[FreedomAngel82]

6. Yes!

If there wants to be a privatley owned company and offer cheaper internet provider then why not? Everyone should have a chance to have the internet offered at a price they can afford. When my grandfather was a live they had the internet with a local provider and it was pretty good even though they personally had dial up.

[radwriter0555]

7. I totally agree.

Absolutely.

[ToolTex]

2. You know, Newsom is a pretty OK guy for a repub.

I suspect he may be a closet Democrat.

[merwin]

4. He's probably just a fiscal conservative.

[arcos]

5. He is a Democrat... . nt

[Eric J in MN]

3. Thanks, I added this to SpeakSpeak News in response

to your post:
www.speakspeak.org

[Pachamama]

8. GASP - how dare he! First Gay Marriage, now this!

Way to go Gavin, way to go! :applause: :woohoo: