Saturday, November 04, 2006
Telecommunications
In this Wall Street Journal Article by: Shawn Young: Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin spearheads a project to invest close to one billion to help build rental housing with high-speed Internet access for family with low incomes. While there is a five-year plan to accomplish these goals, time and the gap are growing. Children from these low income families “often have Internet access only at school or not at all. That puts them at an academic disadvantage and can lead to setbacks later, since many jobs are now posted only online.” This is a common occurrence scattered across much of the denser, less-populated, non-metropolitan areas of the
