[IMC-bristol] Outreach- improving access to free PC's

[Jamie Lokier]

sam rossiter wrote:
> Mike has proposed that we start re-conditioning old
> PC's and providing them free to community centres etc
> that already have the internet but no facility for the
> public to use it - which i think an exellent idea. 

I think that's a great idea, and I'd be happy to help with that.

> I would like to approch 'juice' the cafe by the
> arches, and easy-caf on the corner of ashley rd and to
> ask them if they will provide 10 minuites of free
> access to bristol.indymedia if their customers ask for it. 

I find sponsored preferential access to one particular web site to be
a bit questionable - even when it is bristol.indymedia.  That is, if
we're talking about removing barriers to people who might have trouble
accessing the net, shouldn't that access be unrestricted for
ideological reasons?

That said, "juice" probably wouldn't go for 10 minutes access to
whatever their customers want :)  Perhaps this is the best we can hope for.

-- Jamie