[8850] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: NTIA Universal Access Hearing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Hughes)
Tue Dec 7 17:16:50 1993
From: dave@oldcolo.com (Dave Hughes)
To: rciville@civicnet.org (Richard Civille)
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1993 15:11:55 -0700 (MST)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com (compriv)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.05.9312071614.A27661-a100000@cap.gwu.edu> from "Richard Civille" at Dec 7, 93 04:23:16 pm
Richard Civille says:
>
> New Mexico was chosen in part because it would attract Native American
> testimony from the many tribes in the region, and also the interests of
> rural communities.
>
I would HOPE there was also recognition that New Mexico also is
home to a large proportion of an Hispanic population - which is
about as underrepresented online as any major minority group in
the US. As much for cultural reasons as economic and technical.
I will be starting work there in January aimed *precicely* at
this sector. And use OS2, SLIP, Lora (Italian) Fidonetable
BBS software and NAPLPS (for both bilingual online as well as
graphical-cultural representation) in remote as well as urban
areas to see if we can bridge that growing gap. For which
laying down white man's ascii fiber optic pipes is not going
to be a sufficient solution. 'Access' is more than technical
and economic. Its 'cultural' and I will be suprised to learn
that the NII thinkers have given much thought to that reality.
Have they?
