Gimme a break.

The Internet is not a fundamental right.  What ever happened to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?"

That phrase, added by Thomas Jefferson to the United States Declaration of Independence, was taken from earlier writings of John Locke, who wrote, "no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions."

What Locke (and Jefferson) meant by this is that we have the right to freedom, and with that freedom comes the opportunity to live our lives, raise our families, and work in the jobs we choose.  We don't have the "right" to specific jobs or specific possessions — although if, as free people, we acquire these possessions by legal means, the government or fellow citizens do not have the right to forcibly take these possessions from us (assuming these possessions are actual assets, and not "loaned" items or gifts.)

Do I believe we all have the right to a free society in which we all have equality of opportunity to make a living and purchase possessions, such as housing, electricity, and the Internet?  Absolutely.

But do I believe we all have a right to these possessions themselves?  Absolutely not.