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Originally Posted by tater
No one is forbidden by the government from using the net, but there is no such thing as universal access by law, I have no idea where that comes from. In general, many fundamental US Rights are negative with respect to the government... The government SHALL NOT. Rights are not granted by the State, Rights belong to man.
We have free internet in public libraries, that's about it for universal access.
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It's not that easy, I think.
1. The government is not the law.
2. The law guarantees a lot of things, even in the US, like freedom of speech, access to education, cultural and religious institutions, ability to participate in democratic votes, that firefighters and ambulances can reach you in a set time, as long as you don't live outside rural areas and take it to your own responsibility, etc
And it also guarantees the right to have access to information and media. And as such it was planned statistically to equip a certain percentage in the US with access to the internet.