Vint Cerf says no: http://j.mp/wwL9Ip But I wonder to what degree that's dependent on how much our governments make Internet access the most practical/only practical way to interact with them. Understand: I'm not saying that FiOS should be a human right. But as a society, America's recognized for decades that you gotta have a telephone, and subsidized local/lifeline service to that extent; that sort of subsidy applies to cellular phones now as well. Thoughts? Cheers, -- jr 'yes, I know I'm early...' a -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274