Philly Mayor John Street Pushes Wireless Cloud

Seamus Holman

A good move for breaking down the digital divide. Residents still need to purchase hardware, but an ISP costs significantly more than a $50 Wi-Fi card. Throw in some cheaper Wi-Fi phone handsets and you've got a complelely transparent, public telecommunications network. This really seems inevitable, doesn't it? Slashdot AP

After three years of art directing In These Times--and nine years of living and studying in the Midwest--I returned to the northwest in 2005 to start Gridwork and focus solely on web design.

The text is from the poem “QUADRENNIAL” by Golden, reprinted with permission. It was first published in the Poetry Project. Inside front cover photo by Golden.
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