[Chapter-delegates] Why is ISOC is doing almost nothing to bring affordable Internet to America

[JOHN MORE]

Norbert

I think you make a very good point. I would note there are many local efforts in the US to increase access (reduce costs) from neighborhood networks. Gene Gaines, a member of the Greater Washington DC Chapter, has created a program of providing used laptops to all students from poorer families in his county on Virginia coupled with significantly lower internet rate from Comcast.  The North American Bureau could take a lead in focusing on the issue of universal (=affordable) access.

John More
Washington DC

On Dec 21, 2012, at 5:58 AM, Norbert Klein <nhklein at gmx.net> wrote:

> On 12/21/2012 4:32 AM, Paul Brigner wrote:
>> I don't think many would suggest ISOC-NA is not serving as "a focal point for cooperative efforts to promote the Internet as a positive tool to benefit all people throughout the world."  Of course, there is always more to do and more issues to cover.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Paul Brigner
>> 
>> Regional Bureau Director, North America
>> Internet Society
>> 
>> "The Internet is for Everyone"
> 
> Interesting discussion. “...there is always more to do and more issues to cover” - sure, but that does not pick up the core of the question: What is the plan of the North American ISOC Regional Bureau to achieve this in the USA?
> 
> This reminds me of a period of long and intensive discussion twenty or so years ago in Germany related to “international development,” where some wanted to limit this discourse to “international development aid abroad” as "a really important issue" - while others insisted that a discussion of the complex problem of international economic imbalance has to include a discussion of the internal powers at play at home.
> 
> Is it possible to understand - and act - on international dynamics without tackling similar scenarios and challenges and conflicts also at home?
> 
> Norbert Klein
> Cambodia
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