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Equality in the information age.

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From: Federal Communications Law Journal
Date: 19990501
Author:Kennard, William E.

Anatole France once observed "the law, in its majestic equality, forbids all men to sleep under bridges ... the rich as well as the poor" Such a stunted idea of equality neither served those who slept under bridges in the early twentieth century nor will it serve those children and communities stranded on the roadside of the Information Highway in the next century. Just as the railroads and interstates were the backbone of commerce, job growth, and prosperity in this century, the networks of information form the backbone of the next. We are enjoying the longest peacetime expansion ...

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