Paraphrasing Rudy's Comments:

"These people don't have any free choice
> or option of access to “super technology” as some of
> their disabled counterparts who may have fortune smile
> on them, and who possibly work for institutions and
> other such corporate entities that provides the
> Technology.  A valid question should arise in the minds
> of all logical minded persons because of this corporate
> decision.  And that is:  Will Mr. Goldstein comply with
> Federal Accessibility Guidelines and accommodate these
> disenfranchised individuals"
 
    I am an advocate of equal access to social resources for all people 
despite their  disabilities whether physical or economic. However that is the 
responsibility of the society to provide equal access to all its citizens and 
NOT of the corporations. We elect representatives to make laws to foster 
general social welfare of all the populace. Some demagogic politicians get 
elected by representing themselves as champions of the people and portray 
some individuals who take undue advantage of the social largesse and wish to 
deprive the whole underclass on that basis. This type of propaganda serves 
them well and they do get elected to high offices. It is the duty of 
knowledgeable persons to lift these veils of demagoguery and expose it for 
what it is. However the corporations have NO moral obligation to provide any 
free Internet service to any individual poor, rich disabled or abled as much 
as a pharmaceutical company has to provide the poor with free expensive 
medications. However when they do so because it fits their business model 
they have to be held accountable to the same guidelines as one would an ISP 
such as AOL or ATT or MSN. If they discontinue the free model it is their 
prerogative, however it is also the moral and ethical responsibility of 
"Compassionate Conservatives" OR "Responsible Liberals" to make sure that 
these economically deprived (I would say disabled) individuals, are not left 
behind. A society that is divided in stratums, is not a sustainably 
prosperous society in the long run. How does one provide the Internet access 
to all the people at a reasonable cost before some politician starts talking 
it down as another entitlement? Remember the Health Care Crisis and Universal 
coverage!
    The reason we would want to look at the PG&E books would be to assure if 
it is a contrived shortage but a real one (remember the hearings about the 
gasoline shortages in summer, one wonders whatever happened to them)! I 
believe in any society more so in a democratic society the populace has to be 
vigilant, so that their rights are not usurped by some demagoguery or self 
serving interests. This type of forums does help raise our awareness, however 
it has to be coupled with some form of sustainable action, otherwise it just 
becomes what it is: Just plain talk! In my humble opinion it is good to see 
such divergent opinions.
Murali