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AOL, Gateway lead effort to dose 'digital divide'.(Brief Article)

The Business Journal (Serving Greater Tampa Bay)

| November 12, 1999 | HOOVER, KENT | COPYRIGHT 1990 Hoerner Publications of Tampa Bay. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Foundations associated with America Online and Gateway Computer are spearheading an effort to close the nation's "digital divide" by providing access to the Internet to children in low-income neighborhoods and rural areas.

The new initiative, PowerUp, was started through a $10 million grant from the Case Foundation, established by AOL Chief Executive Officer Steve Case and his wife, Jean. AOL also agreed to provide 100,000 free AOL accounts at schools and community centers across the country.

The Waitt Family Foundation, established by Gateway CEO Ted Waitt, agreed to donate 50,000 Gateway …

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