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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. Slashdot's editors have a history of censorship by Mdog · · Score: -1, Troll

    see my sig file

    oh, and fp bitches

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    Slashdot 's editors are dickheads
  2. 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?

  3. I had a similiar project by Slashdotess · · Score: -1, Troll

    Heh, I headed up a project over this exact goal, we even had grant programs to give computers to low income people. more info here