August 09, 2004

CT/Old Media Synergy

Posted by Belle Waring

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.

Posted on August 9, 2004 06:47 AM UTC
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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.

Posted by Alex Fradera · August 9, 2004 01:23 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.

Posted by JamesW · August 9, 2004 04:39 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.

Posted by JamesW · August 9, 2004 04:40 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/

Posted by Jason Pitzl-Waters · August 9, 2004 07:18 PM

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/

Posted by eszter · August 10, 2004 05:32 AM
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