Telecentros (or info. centers) are or everything in South America the established, publicly accessible premises, in which for instance up to two dozen a computer with broadband connection are installed. They serve the bypass of the digital gap, not only in generally poorer areas and quarters, but above all, where the differences are between poor and richly particularly large.

In Telecentros accomplished projects are among other things the artistic recycling of old computers and/or their dressing for the reemployment, the installation of local radio nets in the Favelas, the execution of training courses and an information offer, which are strongly into the programs of the digital and social integration integrated.

The use of the Telecentros is free, and their program organization is incumbent on a selected advice, that consists also of representatives of the population. Nearly always free software is used, so for example the adapted Linux distribution Sacix.

The largest accumulation of Telecentros gives it in Paulo. Over 650.000 users the there 121 mechanisms count. However in May 2005 the Telecentros in the city postage Alegre was closed, whereby the decision was strongly criticized and is probably not yet final.

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