Comments on: About ISOC & ISOC DC http://www.isoc-dc.org Greater Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gene Gaines http://www.isoc-dc.org/about-isoc-isoc-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-3407 Gene Gaines Sat, 22 Jan 2011 18:07:00 +0000 http://www.zejmedia.com/IS0c-test/?page_id=1876#comment-3407 Barry, Where do you live? In Fairfax County, Virginia, we have a wonderful project, providing broadband Internet access at home to low-income students. This involves three functions: (1) A free, refurbished computer with XP Pro and Office, (2) free-installation $11 per month high-speed Internet cable access at home, and (3) free 24-hour technical support. We have completed 2 successful pilots, now are working on our first school - a middle school with about 300 low-income students now without computers. This project is a blast! More info, email gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com Barry, Where do you live? In Fairfax County, Virginia, we have a wonderful project, providing broadband Internet access at home to low-income students. This involves three functions: (1) A free, refurbished computer with XP Pro and Office, (2) free-installation $11 per month high-speed Internet cable access at home, and (3) free 24-hour technical support. We have completed 2 successful pilots, now are working on our first school – a middle school with about 300 low-income students now without computers. This project is a blast! More info, email gene.gaines@gainesgroup.com

]]> By: Anonimous http://www.isoc-dc.org/about-isoc-isoc-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-3405 Anonimous Wed, 19 Jan 2011 06:46:00 +0000 http://www.zejmedia.com/IS0c-test/?page_id=1876#comment-3405 It look like the ISOC of Puerto Rico is better than this? It look like the ISOC of Puerto Rico is better than this?

]]> By: Barry http://www.isoc-dc.org/about-isoc-isoc-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-3398 Barry Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:41:00 +0000 http://www.zejmedia.com/IS0c-test/?page_id=1876#comment-3398 Sorry to say, it doesn't look like there's a lot of folks here. Maybe I just can't see them before joining... but joining is pointless if there's no one home. So... you might want to have a daily bullet-point area (near the top) so folks can decide if they'd like to join up or not. I am interested in advocacy of free internet access (especially for low-income and disabled - especially veterans - or any other underserved populations) as a public service condition of any company wanting the right to sell access to those who can afford it. A model for this might be Lawrence Free Net in Lawrence, Kansas. A city-wide network allows anyone to access the web from any wireless capable computer. The user can pay a daily fee, a monthly fee or submit an application to get altogether free service - without being limited to slow connections or time constraints. It's worth examining. Of course I'm not sure if this is an issue with ISOC, or even if you already have something in the works. If so, I don't see it. I only see one post, 8-months ago, and that is not encouraging. Sorry to say, it doesn’t look like there’s a lot of folks here. Maybe I just can’t see them before joining… but joining is pointless if there’s no one home. So… you might want to have a daily bullet-point area (near the top) so folks can decide if they’d like to join up or not.

I am interested in advocacy of free internet access (especially for low-income and disabled – especially veterans – or any other underserved populations) as a public service condition of any company wanting the right to sell access to those who can afford it.

A model for this might be Lawrence Free Net in Lawrence, Kansas. A city-wide network allows anyone to access the web from any wireless capable computer. The user can pay a daily fee, a monthly fee or submit an application to get altogether free service – without being limited to slow connections or time constraints. It’s worth examining.

Of course I’m not sure if this is an issue with ISOC, or even if you already have something in the works. If so, I don’t see it. I only see one post, 8-months ago, and that is not encouraging.

]]>