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In article <1995Mar10.131113.21672@cc.ruu.nl>,
Jerry Thomas <jerry@boc.chem.ruu.nl> wrote:
>In article <3jnh2k$b5r@panix3.panix.com>, stimpson@panix.com (S. Joel Katz) 
>writes:
>|> In <1995Mar9.133342.13209@cc.ruu.nl> jerry@boc.chem.ruu.nl (Jerry Thomas) 
>:> writes:
>|> 
>|> >In article <PDCAWLEY.95Mar8132428@ftech.co.uk>, pdcawley@ftech.co.uk 
>:> >(Piers Cawley) writes:
>|> 
>|> >|> Well, I think the apposite phrase is 'tough shit Bob'. Internet 
>:> >:> access is /not/ a right, you want it, you pay for it.
>|> 
>|> >That's just great Piers.  
>|> >We could have a new version of the 'no fixed abode-
>|> >no job' problem faced by homeless people.  We can either create an 
>:> >information underclass, or make the fruits of technology available 
>:> >to everyone.  Not everyone can afford to purchase opportunity like 
>:> >you can.
>|> 	Oh sure, as you well know, many millionaires use Usenet and are 
>|> active on the information super-highway. There are a few middle-class 
>|> people here, but surely the majority of net users in the upper crust, 
>:> right?
>|> 
>|> 	I sure see a lot of university students. How many of them do you 
>|> think are rich?
>|> 
>|> 	Get Real!
>
>I don't think it takes too much imagination to envision the day when 
>access the the Internet (or whatever it is called then) will be as 
>important as the ablility to buy a newspaper or watch TV news.  


	Not much imagination at all.  Hopefully it's right around the 
corner.  One of the most hopeful elements in this regards are the cable 
companies not getting in to the act of providing net access for their 
customers.  They already have requirements in regards to serving all
elements of the communities and are subject to community contract renewal
processes as well as FCC regulation.



>As you point out, being 'rich' is not at the moment a prerequisite for 
>access to the Internet. But this doesn't mean that we aren't seeing yet
>another kind of tier being introduced into society, whether in the U.S. 
>or globally.  
>
>Perhaps the bottom line is that you are comfortable with a two-tiered 
>society and I am not.
>-- 


	Many are unfortutely quite comfortable with a tiered system.


					Steve