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Letter: Logged off

Published 18 September 2013

From John Stirrup

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg seems to think that there is a human right to internet connectivity (31 August, p 22). Here in rural Somerset, 11 miles from Bristol, we have had no access to cyberspace for two weeks because of a cabling fault.

Could I take the telecoms company to court for infringing my human rights?
Bishop Sutton, Somerset, UK

Issue no. 2935 published 21 September 2013

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