Jun. 24, 2011 at 12:19pm
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The first area of emphasis is information access, which addresses the digital divide. One of the more obvious actions is to simply provide free wireless access in more public places. This process has already begun, with three parks receiving wireless Internet last week, and 17 more across all five boroughs due in 2011. The city also plans to experiment with wireless connections on the subway, starting with six stations. But Sterne acknowledges that it’s not so simple. “People have asked in the past, ‘Who’s your target user?’ And the truth is, it needs to be accessible to every single New Yorker. There is no target, it’s everyone.
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From Mashable’s How New York City Is Going Digital in 2011.

While we so often focus on how to best use iPhones, Androids and other technology, we can’t lose sight of the fact that not everyone has access to the Internet. It’s refreshing to hear the NYC government reminding us that access to the Internet still remains a massive, if under-recognized problem.