Bridging the digital divide: The story of the Free Internet Initiative in LaGrange, Georgia

Proceedings of the 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Keil, M ^a   Meader, G W ^b   Kvasny, L ^c  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Association County Commissioners of Georgia   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS; DIGITAL DIVIDE; GEORGIA; LAGRANGE; POLICY MAKERS;

INTERNET;

EID: 84969508931     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2003.1174316     Document Type: Conference Paper

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