Downsides of Working From Home

[The Green Hermit]

It isn't that simple, at all. Because the roads are owned by the states and communities in which they live. Our digital infrastructure, on the other hand, is based on some very complicated leasing arrangements with various companies that provide internet services. Government(s) cant' just put people on it, because they don't own it.

And, more importantly - put up all the wire you want, you still need a service at the end of that wire, and the ISPs are not running those services for free. Also note that the FCC has stepped back from governing ISPs like common utilities, so the public cannot mandate their policies.

But that is one thing that needs to change. Internet NEEDS to be reclassified as a common utility.

 

[Eltab]

But that is one thing that needs to change. Internet NEEDS to be reclassified as a common utility.

Since the Internet is a source of information, should the guidelines for public libraries be used as a starting point for possible regulations?

 

[The Green Hermit]

Since the Internet is a source of information, should the guidelines for public libraries be used as a starting point for possible regulations?

No, because our public libraries are in constant threat of being shut down -- at least in rural areas.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

But that is one thing that needs to change. Internet NEEDS to be reclassified as a common utility.

I believe that was part of Sanders’ platform.

And I can’t help but think society might move in that direction- slooowly- if Covid-19 proves to be particularly thorny.

 

[Umbran]

Since the Internet is a source of information, should the guidelines for public libraries be used as a starting point for possible regulations?

Technically, the internet is not a source of information. It is a delivery method for information.

 

[Ryujin]

Technically, the internet is not a source of information. It is a delivery method for information.

"The medium is the message." - Marshall McLuhan

 

[Umbran]

"The medium is the message." - Marshall McLuhan

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

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Can confirm- this checks out.

 

[Ryujin]

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Which is precisely the issue.