Compter access for the poor

Wandering Bear (wandering_bear@hotmail.com)
Tue, 20 Jan 1998 13:04:28 PST 

 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.Though the 
only way I can see that this would be sucessfully funded is to accept 
advertizing on our network.Which dosent nessisarally make it comercial
if every thing gained from advertizing is put back into the network.
Wandering Bear
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>
>I have the same problem with Western Oregon University Here in 
>>Monmouth.Ive been permanatly banned from the campus for loitering with 
>>out being a student.
>> I was doing nothing more than useing their library computers(which 
are 
>>open to the public)for internet access.
>> When I asked for a reason they only stated that they had complaints 
>>from the students about my being on campus.
><Snip>
>>Wandering Bear
>
>Bonnie Briggs
>  Hey, I hear you, WB! After I graduated from College last June, I I 
>started coming in to use their computers because I don't have a 
computer 
>at home. I was eventually told that I couldn't come in during the day 
>because I wasn't a student anymore. At first, I was only allowed to 
come 
>in after 5:00 pm. Then, they said that I had to buy a $25.00 Alumni 
card 
>and that I could only use one computer, a old computer that the College 
>bought just for Alumni students. I was lucky in that I was being paid 
to 
>make a web page for one of my groups and I was able to buy the card. 
>Otherwise, I would not have been able to access my e-mail or my web 
>page. I could go to the libraries, but it is a lottery even getting on 
a 
>computer, and the they only give you a hour to use it. You can't do 
>anything in an hour. So, you're right, "public" computers are not 
really 
>public. They are public only if you have money. 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
>
>http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/4149
>
>s248_1132@hotmail.com
>
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