DetroitCONNECTED™ is a coalition of Detroit area non-profits organized to leapfrog the digital divide by providing low cost broadband Internet service to homes in low income neighborhoods using WiFi technology and coordinating support services.
Deployment centers based in neighborhood faith-based and secular community centers provide computer training and support facilities for youth and families, often integrated with other after school and social activities. Importantly, they provide the physical presence for the wireless hub that securely interconnects neighboring homes using WiFi technology.
By empowering existing neighborhood based organizations, bringing together existing support organizations, recycling corporate computers and tactically deploying WiFi with its tremendous cost advantages, the DetroitCONNECTED™ program makes it possible for even very low income families to have the advantages of broadband Internet in the home.
