On another list with concerns about the digital divide, and the talks
about the $100 computer, Sam Lanfranco [EMAIL PROTECTED] makes some
very, very interesting observations, as follows:
Sam Lanfranco writes
:
GKD has had an interesting and instructive round of discussion about the
$100
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One of the great features of being a member of the Digital Divide Network is to
participate in communities.
There are now 61 communities on DDN.
You can join a community by searching the communities at
http://www.digitaldivide.net/comm/. One advantage of joining a community is to
let
(apologies in advance for any duplication)
The second issue of the on-line peer reviewed Journal of Community
Informatics http://ci-journal.net http://ci-journal.net is now
available. This issue takes as its theme the Sustainability of
Community ICTs.
As I understand it, since they are not a monopoly like old
ATT, they are
not obligated to offer any given service to any particular
area. That has
been one of the downsides of breaking up ATT. Old ATT had
to provide
service regardless of the cost to the area and could only charge a
Hi Toby,
America Connects is hosting an online panel on Bridging Research and
Practice
in CTCs that extends from March 7 to 25. Perhaps you can raise this
question
to our panel of 8 CTC researchers, research-practitioners, and
practitioners.
To enroll in the panels list, please send a
Cindy Lemcke-Hoong wrote:
I never seems to be able to post to DDN ... I am going to give it one more try
...
reading the analysis by Taran and others, I have to agree there are TOO MANY
DIVIDES and not just digital.
Read the email from Declan, one can just understand why this world has so
A suggestion to Andy Carvin in the form of a question:
Is there now available online a good course on computer service and repair
that woould make it possible for those in the poorer countries to keep their
computers running?
Whether a computer in a poor community costs $100 or $1000, the odds
Taran,
When a telecenter can cure AIDs... then maybe I'll see where you're
coming from. Right now I see the only connection as people, and I don't
see how computers - in churches or not - will help with the AIDs. So I
don't understand why you keep bringing up AIDs.
Probably more people in
Colleagues -
I'm writing up research on Ghanaian adolescents' use of the Internet,
especially for online health information. I would like the most current
stats, if possible on the general popoulations' use of the Internet, from
Ghana and in Accra, specifically. Anyone have suggestions on a
Hi!
I am Salman Ansari from Pakistan. I have spent 3 years in the government (in
real life I am a consultant in Telecom and IT) as the Senior Advisor to the
Minster of IT and Telecoms, creating the IT and Telecom Polices and
spearheading their implementation in different areas including
Declan McCullagh declan@well.com writes
In other words, it's a bit silly to talk about the digital divide
without also addressing the underlying problems of broken court
systems, military rule, confiscatory government policies, and so on
that these nations have yet to address. Solving those
Perhaps you and the rest of the Digital Divide Community would be interested
in and stimulated by the short eight-minute video available at the web site
below. It paints an interesting picture of what might be the situation you
describe in 2014.
http://oak.psych.gatech.edu/~epic/
Regards,
Hi Bonnie and Andy
In Geneva, I did a little survey of access prices 4 years ago.
Intercontinental Hotel - the joint where US and other presidents stay
for peace conferences and that kind of things - took the cake with $5
for 15 minutes on a crummy connectionm. I wonder how much they charge
Dan/Toby,
Yes the document (Bridging the Organizational Divide: Toward a Comprehensive
Approach to the Digital Divide) appears to be currently available. It is
listed in the archive section:
http://www.policylink.org/publicationsArchives.html
Steve
--
Steve Mitchell, MA Ed.
UP Operations
Hi Friends,
This is my first cpontribution. I tried in the past but was not successful.
I will like to share with you our Community-based information Communication
Technologies Training Centre in Cameroon
(http://www.hint.interconnection.org/comict.htm). We try to use computer to
train
Hi Bill,
I live in Vermont and have had Verizon DSL for a few years now. I really
like their service.
Verizon has committed to providing service to 90% of Vermont in the next 2
years and are aggressively working on it. Not a day goes by where I don't
hear someone commenting on Verizon coming to
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