community internet

It's already clear that is election isn't going to be like others so we need to think about how to cover it differently. I'm not talking about replacing what's out there, but at least adding to it.

An army of community bloggers can give snapshots of how their hometowns see the election. And enough of them together can present a fuller picture of the campaign. Check out Patchwork Nation and my blog on the site.

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Pobreza, Raza, Discapacidad y intellectuales Migratorios de la Prensa Pobre y Voces De Inmigrantes en Resistancia testifican la verdad a la FCC sobre el asunto de la Neutralidad del Internet.

Poverty, Race, Disability and Migrant scholars from PoorNewsNetwork(PNN) in collaboration with Media organizers from all ova da bay speak truth to the FCC on Net Neutrality

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Get ready for Round Two in 2008's Internet Battle Royale. At stake is whether we should allow a handful of giant corporations to close the Web for their own gain, or whether we should put in place baseline protections that will leave our Internet open to the millions of people who use it.
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YouthNoise provides young leaders with everything they need to build movements to make consequential positive change in their communities. We are a non-profit online social network - check us out at www.youthnoise.com. We are currently running a number of major campaigns - Youth Rising Summit Tour (a nationwide series of youth summits addressing issues of local concern to young people) and Right To Learn (a California-based program to encourage youth involvement in the education reform debate). We will be launching new programs in Personal Health and Environmental Justice later in 2008/early 2009.

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Wireless Mesh May Be The Right Choice

The pentagon has opted for wireless mesh technology as the right choice for Afghanistan and Iraq. San Francisco, California, has opted for wireless mesh technology as the right choice for local broadband infrastructure. Ypsilanti, Michigan, has opted for wireless mesh technology as the right choice for a nontechnical approach to local broadband infrastructure, monitored and operated by two fellows with laptops. Perth Amboy, New Jersey, has opted for wireless mesh technology as the right choice for their "Canopy" approach to local broadband infrastructure for their city.

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"He sees interactive tablet PCs replacing textbooks and notebooks in schools. Students will call up everything they need on their tablet PCs and write everything directly on the screen to be stored there. His daughter’s school, he said, is already using this technology."
<a href="http://www.freepress.net/news/31335">Free Press News</a>
Bill Gates’ Vision for the Future
From Washington Post, March 13, 2008
By Kim Hart
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Will You Be Ready on February 19, 2009?
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You Know They're Lying When They Say . . .

The next time your mayor (like Jim Erbs), or your governor (like Chester Culver), or anyone in your community (like Charles City, Iowa), says they're not technically savvy, and have to rely on their computer experts to brief them on whether they will be doing the right thing about bringing community broadband infrastructure to their citizens, try to be a little respectful (like I am) and not guffaw in their faces. These officials are under the impression that they're clued in, and the Public (that's you and me) are just plain stupid. Now, I guess it's all right if you go ahead and guffaw in their faces.
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Disruptive technology

Digital film is considered disruptive technology by some.  Polaroid announced it's finished with the instant film business as of February, 2008.  There's some disruptive technology events coming in the not too distant future.  One event that can't come soon enough, is the announcement by AT&T that they no longer will invest hundreds of millions of dollars to prevent decentralized broadband infrastructure from spreading across our nation.
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I have to applaud Verizon for stepping up its investment in broadband deployment throughout Massachusetts. The new plans announced Thursday could mean that more people in more places will have access to economic opportunity, education and the information they need to participate in our democracy.

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