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dewlineSomething from Justin Beach today pointed me to this article on the Globe and Mail site.
The implications for internet access for the urban poor, the rural poor(or anyone else rural in residence for that matter)...well, I find the implications more than a little disturbing.
Point of fact, my reaction to Justin giving the heads-up via Facebook a few minutes ago was "What the Hell?!?"
If not for that funding program, I'm not sure that National Capital Freenet would've gotten off the ground here in Ottawa. That it did launch at all is a Good Thing.
(Could someone fact-check me on the NCF connection here? My suspicions do not necessarily constitute full-blown fact.)
The implications for internet access for the urban poor, the rural poor(or anyone else rural in residence for that matter)...well, I find the implications more than a little disturbing.
Point of fact, my reaction to Justin giving the heads-up via Facebook a few minutes ago was "What the Hell?!?"
If not for that funding program, I'm not sure that National Capital Freenet would've gotten off the ground here in Ottawa. That it did launch at all is a Good Thing.
(Could someone fact-check me on the NCF connection here? My suspicions do not necessarily constitute full-blown fact.)
