hi everyone -
here is some encouraging news from baltimore, maryland.
i'd also like to see a requirement that every apartment housing built
have a community computer room where people can teach and learn
from each other. we can legislate that, rather than let that be something
that the housing developer chooses to include or not include in their
architectural designs.
- phil
Wireless Web for housing sought
A city proposal would require Wi-Fi hookups in low-income units
By John Fritze
Baltimore Sun reporter
October 10, 2005
New city-sponsored public and low-income housing units in Baltimore would
be built Internet-ready - possibly with technology to supply wireless
access to residents - under a proposal that advocates hope is a first step
toward bringing the Digital Age to the living rooms of the city's poor.
The initiative, crafted by Mayor Martin O'Malley's administration, would
require developers of multifamily, low-income housing to string cables and
install routers as they build.
Having the hardware in place now, officials said, would make it easier to
deliver high-speed Internet access later to housing communities and
subsidized apartments. Wireless technology allows computer and
portable-device users to access the Internet and e-mail without connecting
a cable.
(snip)
Full article at
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/realestate/bal-md.wireless10oct10,1,1068437.story
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