BorgHunter
02-12-2003, 02:36 PM
Has a fast Net connection become as essential a modern utility as electricity and running water? The state of Kentucky thinks so.
Taking an aggressive stance on the issue of the digital divide, the Kentucky Housing Corporation, or KHC, has listed broadband Internet access among the inalienable rights of its low-income housing residents.
As part of an effort to enact universal design standards for public housing, the KHC passed a mandate stating that all new housing units funded more than 50 percent by the KHC must be equipped with access to high-speed Internet service.
Full article: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,57249,00.html/
Taking an aggressive stance on the issue of the digital divide, the Kentucky Housing Corporation, or KHC, has listed broadband Internet access among the inalienable rights of its low-income housing residents.
As part of an effort to enact universal design standards for public housing, the KHC passed a mandate stating that all new housing units funded more than 50 percent by the KHC must be equipped with access to high-speed Internet service.
Full article: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,57249,00.html/