Re: Computer access for the poor

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> Your right we do need to figure out a way the the poor and homeless
>could get free access to computers and the internet.Possibley a series
>of free public assess computer labs through out the nation....
>Wandering Bear

Yes, Wandering Bear!  As Bonnie says "Accessability for all".  Surely,
libraries, including those at publicly funded universites, ought to make
Internet access available free to townspeople, including homeless people.

There are also hundreds of community computer access centers, expecially in
North America and Europe.  Bonnie and Wandering Bear, may I *forward your
posts about computer access to a discussion list for this network of
community technoloby centers?

I also imagine people with three-wheeled bicycles and push-carts, outfitted
with a computer, modem and cell phone (or operating from a phone booth).
It doesn't have to be $5,000 settup, owned by a big nonprofit.  Maybe a
cheap rolling-computer-rig could be made free with trashed computers and
modems, and a cell phone (billed to a cooperative nonprofit organization or
a kind person).

*What are the low-cost and no-cost solutions for "universal access"?
Brainstorms?--Tom

>>What can we do to make computers more accessible to the poor and homeless?
>>If the poor and homeless can't get computer skills, they're going to be
>>left behind in terms of jobs. Accessiblity for all!!
>>Bonnie

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