Homeless Hotspots

This is a charitable experiment by a marketing firm which provides Wi-Fi cards to homeless people who than would be turned into human technology hubs offering high-speed Internet connectivity for the price of $2 for 15 minutes. There was automatically criticism towards this idea because it “devalued human intelligence.”

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The initial 13 homeless people who were chosen (at random) were paid $20 for their work, however, they may or may not have received any customers. Taking into account the Federal minimum wage is $7.25, so if these people worked for more than three hours, it would be exploitation.

However, what if this service was provided to college students? Would there still be an outlash?

It may not have been organized very well, but what about the concept alone? Can we see this succeeding, with a slight bit tweaking?

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I feel uncomfortable about this idea. :-/

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tsk tsk tsk

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reminds me of kramer and newman's rickshaw idea.

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Interesting. I'll bring it up at my next meeting with the directors of housing :/

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You'd have a lot of hobos dying because of Wifi radiation.

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Ahahaha just saw Jon Stewart cover this story really well tonight. Check it out!

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^haha ya that was pretty funny.

March 14, 2012 - Rachel Weisz - The Daily Show With Jon Stewart - Full Episode Video | Comedy Central
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I feel like the concept is not half bad. But it wasn’t executed properly. Many people are completely bashing the idea to the ground but at least someone cared enough to rise awareness for the homeless. Just saying, most people/ organizations/ firms/ even the government don’t care all that much about the homeless.

Maddy maybe you can expand on this, since you work in this sector.