Today at Computerbank we rolled out another community access network. This time for the Melrose St Highrise in North Melbourne. Following on from our work out in Darebin our public access networks are proving to be a hit with seniors. Low maintenance and easy to use, our heavily customised and locked down version of ubuntu, refreshes the userspace on every reboot. Printers are reset and jobs are cleared. So easy to keep running that residents with basic computer knowledge can maintain them.
Unfortunately due to factors outside our control the internet couldn't be turned on as the phone line wasn't activated in time. We will return next week to set up the ADSL2 connection. Training will be delivered at the same time.
Here is a pic of Computerbank volunteers Kristen and Mohan helping with the setup of the network.
