Hi David <br><br>Thank for the link when one considers this in the editorial:<br><br style="background-color: rgb(102, 255, 255);"><span style="background-color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">"Children trapped on the wrong side of the digital divide are deprived
of a fair chance to educate themselves and to compete for high-skill,
high-paying jobs".</span><br style="background-color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br>and: <br><span style="background-color: rgb(102, 255, 255);">"Net neutrality laws are necessary to ensure that Internet service
providers do not block content they disagree with or give financial
breaks to big tech companies, squeezing out smaller competitors and
stifling innovation".</span><br><br>All the best<br><br>Aaron<br style="background-color: rgb(102, 255, 255);"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 12:40 PM, David Goldstein <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au">goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi all,<br>
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This New York Times editorial might be of interest.<br>
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David<br>
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Editorial: Mr. Obama's Internet Agenda<br>
President-elect Barack Obama recently announced an ambitious plan to build up the nation's Internet infrastructure as part of his proposed economic stimulus package. Upgrading the Internet is a particularly smart kind of stimulus, one that would spread knowledge, promote entrepreneurship and make this country more competitive globally.<br>
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The United States has long been the world leader in technology, but when it comes to the Internet, it is fast falling behind. America now ranks 15th in the world in access to high-speed Internet connections. A cornerstone of Mr. Obama's agenda is promoting universal, affordable high-speed Internet.<br>
<a href="http://nytimes.com/2008/12/16/opinion/16tue3.html" target="_blank">http://nytimes.com/2008/12/16/opinion/16tue3.html</a><br>
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