CT/Old Media Synergy

by Belle Waring on August 9, 2004

Timberite and internet expert Eszter Hargittai is quoted in this interesting Washington Post article about improving access to the internet in low-income, urban communities. People are setting up Wi-Fi accounts which can be shared by a number of families. Cool stuff.

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Alex Fradera 08.09.04 at 1:23 pm

I heard recently that somewhere (I think India) they have wireless buses that go from community to community, passing through on strict schedules, allowing your outbox to clear and new mail to arrive. Now that’s cool.

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JamesW 08.09.04 at 4:39 pm

But the article linked to is on a subscription-only site. Uncool. Follow Brad deLong’s example and quote at length from any such sources.

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JamesW 08.09.04 at 4:40 pm

But the article linked to is on a subscription-only site. Uncool. Follow Brad deLong’s example and quote at length from any such sources.

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Jason Pitzl-Waters 08.09.04 at 7:18 pm

Our community in Illinois is working on just such a thing…

http://www.cuwireless.net/

In fact we are hosting a national summit on community wireless networks.

http://www.communitywirelesssummit.org/

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eszter 08.10.04 at 5:32 am

Thanks for linking to this, Belle.

Jamesw – you can log in to such sites by getting a username and password from here: http://www.bugmenot.com/

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