As of May 15, 2009 Wireless Philadelphia begins doing business as Digital Impact Group. This new name better reflects our focus on bringing Internet access and all the opportunities it affords to economically disadvantaged households across the City. Over the next several weeks, we will be updating our website and other materials to reflect this transition.

posted by Ryan Nichols @ 05.15.09 | 0 Comments

Please see Wanda Evans' wonderful Op-Ed about WP's Digltal Inclusion program, which appears in today's Philadelphia Daily News. The program Ms. Evans describes is highly adaptable and well-positioned to be a national model for “broadband adoption” by low-income families, a major focus of the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program contained in the federal stimulus.

posted by Greg Goldman @ 03.26.09 | 1 Comments

Join WP and the American Cities Foundation's Project RISE as we celebrate local small businesses that are now digital and online for commerce. Click here to view the invite.

Take a look at CEO Greg Goldman's Letter to the Editor that appeared in the March 14th edition of the Washington Post. Greg highlights several lessons we have learned in over two years of providing Digital Inclusion services, and argues for programs that are conscious of the barriers to access, built on a "sweat equity" approach, and community-based.

posted by Ryan Nichols @ 03.17.09 | 0 Comments

Here is a link to a short piece that appeared on Channel 6 last week about 50 low income families who just graduated from our Digital Inclusion Program.

posted by Ryan Nichols @ 03.04.09 | 0 Comments

Wireless Philadelphia and Vision for EQuality will hold a graduation ceremony for 50 families who have completed WP's Digital Inclusion Program. The families all have a child with a developmental disability. The event is tomorrow at 10:30am at Vision for EQuality, 718 Arch Street, 6N.

posted by Ryan Nichols @ 02.25.09 | 1 Comments