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Three Ohio communities in economically distressed areas of the Appalachian Mountains will receive community learning centers under the state’s Connecting Rural Ohio Wireless Neighborhood Initiative which is working to address the digital divide.Three Ohio communities in distressed areas in the Appalachian Mountains will receive community learning centers under the state’s Connecting Rural Ohio Wireless Neighborhood Initiative to provide broadband access in economically distressed areas.

We talk a lot about the “digital divide” as what separates the “haves” from the “have-nots” in…

Wireless Philadelphia is delivering on its promise to bridge the digital divide. Low-income city residents began receiving free computers and Internet service last month and 95 more are expected to be distributed before fall.Wireless Philadelphia is delivering on its promise to bridge the digital divide. Low-income city residents began receiving free computers and Internet service last month and 95 more are expected to be distributed before fall.

The distribution is being managed as part of a welfare-to-work program financed through The…

Informational meetings begin next week to update Minneapolis neighborhoods on the progress of the city’s city-wide wireless network and to train citizens to create the regional portal pages.As part of its 10-year contract with the city of Minneapolis to build and manage the city-wide wireless network, the service proficer US Internet agreed to a set of negotiated community benefits that include the creation of neighborhood and community portal pages for the network.

Those meetings, timed for approximately the same time as…

High speed Internet access may be widely available, writes Greg Moore, executive director of the National NAACP Voter Fund, but “for many black Americans, a seat at the table in the information age is still largely illusory. It’s the time-worn story of the digital divide.”High speed Internet access may be widely available, writes Greg Moore, executive director of the National NAACP Voter Fund, but “for many black Americans, a seat at the table in the information age is still largely…

The Chicago Center for Neighborhood Technology’s Wireless Community Network Project is producing results that CNT wants to share with other communities. This week the group began circulating a report which tells how wireless pilot projects around Illinois are addressing the digital divide.The Chicago Center for Neighborhood Technology’s Wireless Community Network Project is producing results that CNT wants to share with other communities. This week the group began circulating a report which tells how wireless pilot projects around Illinois are addressing…