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A broad cross section of residents from around this Southern California community of 290,000 showed up to learn about a citywide Wi-Fi mesh network coming online this summer. More
 Consultant Karen Archer Perry suggests 10 activities to promote the broad goal of digital inclusion in the United States. More
Catherine Settanni runs the Digital Access Project in Minneapolis. She attended the inaugural Digital Inclusion Forum kickoff in Washington, DC, in December. More
Community portals can be the glue that holds a network together by providing a platform for user participation, and most important to the ongoing sustainability of the network, expansion to meet individual, business and community goals under a shared umbrella. More
 A five-year, $25-million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to OneCommunity will be used to create a Knight Center of Digital Excellence in Akron, Ohio, and to spur digital inclusion in cities around the United States. The initiative includes a $10-million Digital Opportunity Fund that can be tapped to provide challenge grants to the 26 U.S. communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers. More
Weekly Roundup of Headlines
» Akamai Compares States' Broadband Speeds
» UK Digital Divide? Rural Areas Better Connected
» It's Roads, Stupid, but it Ought to be Broadband
» Wireless Philadelphia's Goldman: It's No Time to Quit
» The Dawn of Free Internet Access?
» National Governor's Association Releases States Report
» Narrowing the Digital Divide for Bay Area Kids
» Wireless for Communities, Citizens and the Public Interest
» Google Opens North Carolina Facility
» Fiber Optic to Create New Digital Divide
» NextGenWeb Rural Health Care Briefing on Capitol Hill
» 20% in United States Have Never Sent an E-mail
Published every Thursday, the Digital Inclusion Communities Report (The DI Report) explores the issues surrounding the planning and implementation of broadband infrastructures, applications to bridge the digital divide in cities, counties and states. Through a series of blogs, The DI Report features thought-leading commentaries and interviews with local authorities, field practitioners, industry experts, local-government associations; and it highlights leading case studies, business opportunities, and a recap of headlines. All digital inclusion stakeholders - from local-government officials and IT professionals to the ecosystem of service providers, equipment and application vendors, and system integrators, are encouraged to subscribe.
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