Re: accessible banking:

On  1 Feb, Kelly Pierce wrote:

>>  If solution A is delivered ONLY by commercial actor B, and cost
>>  money, then yes, it would seem -entirely- unreasonable and
>>  insufficient. Can you elaborate?
>>
> 
> **sure Tina.  it sounds like a bias toward socialism is clouding an 
> understanding on this point.  The ADA indeed does not permit charging

  This piece I don't understand. Can you elaborate?




> considered discrimination.  This is similar to the fact that banks do
> not need to provide telephones for their automated telephone banking
> services to be ADA compliant as everyone needs to use a telephone to
> use this service.

  Correct. And as long as that telephone follows the standards that
  exist for such communication, the specific -brand- of telephone
  doesn't matter.

  A better comparison would be that bank A requires that you purchase
  special phones from company B, and ONLY company B.




> personally, I have no problem with commercial enterprises inventing, 
> creating, and innovating.  When entrepreneurs have the freedom and can 
> receive adequate reward to pursue their dreams and ideas, great things

  I'm sure.
  
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Received on Wednesday, 2 February 2005 14:07:35 UTC