People are reading a lot of Usenet. We all know that companies already have a problem with personnel playing computer games during work hours, but internet work cannot be logged. It is easier to separate private opinions of individuals from the official opinion of an organization if they post their opinions from their personal accounts rather than from their organization's accounts. Those people need their own Internet accounts to do their own FTP, gopher and WWW accesses, and they have to be relied upon to be responsible in spending their time to further the organization's goals. In the information age, much of the value added of organizations is due to synergy and to low-level initiatives.
Ideas can come to just anyone in the organization.
Therefore, it behooves the organization to empower everyone with an Internet account and let everyone have the option of exploring the Internet. Universal access to E-mail can also help make an intelligent organization with lots of people in the know. Such organizations have competitive advantage in the information age. Another considration is that workers from the younger generation may want to include unrestricted Internet access as one of the fringe benefits expected by them, in addition to salary, as condition for employment or volunteer work. Such a perk would help make people feel better about their jobs.