Wired Community @ Collingwood

Free network-ready personal computers have been installed n about 1000 high-rise units and apartments on the Collingwood public housing estate in inner Melbourne. The project was launched in August 2008. A training hub and communications network has been established to provide free community intranet and email access, and affordable internet access is available across the state.

The global management consultants A T Kearney found the intiative in Collinwood and a previous project on the nearby high-rise Atherton Gardens Estate in Fitzroy, delivered great social, economic and health benefits.

Infoxchange Australia, in partnership with the VIctorian Government Neighbourhood Renewal program and ThoughtWorks Australia, won the ZDNet Australia Community Award at the 2009 iAwards, Australia's ICT industry awards, for the Wired Community@Collingwood project.

Want to find out more about Wired@Collingwood?

You can go to their website here.