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Article: The Digital Divide Network.
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- Black Enterprise
- Article date:
- June 1, 2000
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IT professionals team up to create Internet-based clearinghouse
So what's all this talk about the "digital divide"--that invisible yet vast gulf between those with access to the Internet and cutting-edge technology and those without? Hardly a day goes by without a glowing news report about a new program, initiative or incentive aimed at helping the poor get their hands on computers or otherwise benefit from today's new technologies.
What happens, however, once you turn off your television or fold up your newspaper? Where exactly are these programs taking place? Who can you call? Where can you sign up to participate? This is where the Digital Divide ...