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Using WiFi to Bridge the Digital Divide

Posted by timothy on from the doesn't-even-take-much-of-a-grant dept.

andori writes "CNN is running a story about how WiFi is enabling low-income residents Internet access. The project is set at a public housing development in Boston, Massachusetts. Residents buy the WiFi NIC, and the access if free. It is nice to see people making an effort to expand the reach of the Internet to a broader audience."

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  1. Another big brain government program by Pointy_Hair · · Score: 0, Troll

    How many public housing residents will actually have a computing device to plug a wireless NIC into? Or have the requisite 1st grade education to use one? Or even put the crack pipe down long enough to even care?