October 1, 1998
Web posted at: 4:10 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The cable TV industry plans to
provide the
nation's public libraries with free high-speed
connections to the Internet.
The goal is to wire all public libraries nationwide --
estimated at 14,000 to
15,000-- National Cable Television Association
spokeswoman Torie
Clarke said Wednesday. But she did not know how many
public libraries
would be wired in the program's first year.
The program builds on a 2-year-old cable industry
initiative to provide the
nation's schools with high-speed hookups to the Internet
for free. So far,
more than 2,500 schools have been connected.
http://cnn.com/TECH/computing/9810/01/cable.libraries.ap/
Jan Whitaker
JLWhitaker Associates \--------/ - jwhit@primenet.com
Edu/Comm Technology Consultant ---/ - Video and Internet Specialities
Melbourne, VIC, Australia \----/ - http://www.primenet.com/~jwhit/
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