Wi-fi Philly's laptop leap

WI-FI PHILLY'S LAPTOP LEAP
[SOURCE: Philadelphia daily News, AUTHOR: Dan Geringergeringd@phillynews.com]
Five welfare-to-work women in West Kensington just became the first city residents to earn free laptops and Internet service from Wireless Philadelphia, the mission of which is to connect low-income workers to the Web so they can get better jobs and provide better lives for their families. The five women represent the tiny start of Wireless Philadelphia's citywide dream. The nonprofit's high-tech partner, EarthLink, currently has made 25 of the city's 135 square miles wireless. Gathered at Impact Services Corp., the welfare-to-work agency on Allegheny Avenue near 19th Street where they earned their wireless bundles by holding a steady job for a year, the five women are the first to receive a high-tech makeover that Wireless Philadelphia hopes to give to 500 low-income workers by year's end, thousands in years to come.
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