Esta es la traducción que realizó nuestra amiga Mary Joyce, Periodista, Editora de Demologue y Corresponsal para Global Voices, para contribuir a nuestro movimiento y difundir nuestro Manifiesto por la Banda Ancha para todos en Inglés.
Muchas gracias - Thanks a lot, MaryBanda Ancha para Todos = Broadband for All
Because the moment is now. Because broadband is not a technical problem but a social one. Because it is synonymous with opportunity and development. Chile can make headway. It can be a big-league player on the global stage. Chile has the talent to create value through its raw materials, but also by making itself a global hub for technology, services, and the creation of industrial culture.
Now, as at the bicentennial, we fought for free elementary education for all. Today the country needs to mobilize in order that all Chileans have access to a computer connected to the internet by cheap broadband.
Yesterday struggles were for "bread, a roof, and a coat," even for full democracy, social protection of the poor, and education. But today we want to take ourselves into a future that is already creating new worlds, and to which Chile has gained limited access.
Broadband is education; it is the world in our homes; it is a library and knowledge; it is a wide open window even if we are living in an over-crowded house in a dangerous neighborhood.
Broadband to learn, to work, to innovate, to make communities and do business, to play and conquer the world, to break the vicious cycle of poverty and democratize knowledge and culture.
For this reason, we commit ourselves to mobilizing according to the following Manifesto:
??? Broadband is not a technological product; it is a social intervention that entails certain material benefits in Education, Culture, and Opportunities.
??? Broadband is an indicator of development and is given importance in the economic indexes of the country (PIB), the implementation of which would be a bold gesture by the government
??? That the state and society recognize the importance of broadband as a basic service, like light and water, the right to have broadband in homes in Chile and low-cost computers for individuals.
??? Digital Literacy "with intent," which is to say that the population does not learn to "drive" tools without learning how to put them to practical use, for example with applications in Health, Work, and Education
??? A national plan to introduce WiFi systems in all concentrated urban areas in the country, including towns and villages in the regions, which allows for free connectivity and a reduction in the cost of info-centers and internet cafés.
??? Financing of obligatory education centers and public libraries offering, during hours convenient to the community, computers with internet.
??? Organization of a national public offer of cheap broadband (2 MB) for all
??? Use of resources to subsidize computer access and broadband for middle and low-income groups.
Human right