May 15, 2006
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer just finished giving a rousing address on the need for universal broadband access. My favorite sound-bite:
In 1934, the federal government passed the “Universal Service Act,” which guaranteed dial tone to every single residential address in the country, regardless of location. The Internet is the “dial tone” of our time and it is time we guarantee every citizen of New York State the right to access it and use it to advance themselves and advance the economy of this state.
You can read the full text here.
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