Having the infrastructure by itself isn't enough. You need a marketing plan and a business model to make this work. You can't just put it out there and expect people to use it, even if it's free. |
It's never free. There's some payment, some off-setting fee somewhere. It's nice to be civic-minded, but this stuff costs money. |
There is no way you are going to improve or resolve the digital divide issue if all you do is put up the network and say, 'that's it'. |