http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/BOP-low-income-housing-mexico-tecamac Comments for "A City of Hope for Mexico's Future" en http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/BOP-low-income-housing-mexico-tecamac <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-6"><table class="actable" width="470px" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr><td class="actable-left" width="175px" valign="top"> <div class="flexinode-textfield-23"> <strong>Managing Organization: </strong> Real Paraiso<br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-image-32"><br /> <img alt="A City of Hope for Mexico&#039;s Future" src="http://www.nextbillion.net/files/Mexico_Housing.JPG" /><br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-textfield-38"> <strong>Activity URL: </strong> <dd><a href="http://www.govtech.net/magazine/channel_story.php/97059" TARGET="_blank">http://www.govtech.net/magazine/channel_story.php/97059</a></dd><br /><br /> </div> <td width="295px" valign="top" align="left"> <div class="flexinode-textarea-22"> <strong>Activity Description: </strong> <p>A pilot project in low-income housing by Mexican entrepreneurs Real Paraiso, the community of Real del Sol in Tecamac boasts 1,800 newly-built homes, ready equipped with high-speed Internet, a Mexican Texa PC, and wireless connectivity service tagged at $18 per month. In a city that until recently had no phone line service, features of the wirless internet service include a neighborhood portal allowing online purchases from local stores and internal communication amongst neighbors; a security system; an e-mail account, and more.</p> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </div><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/BOP-low-income-housing-mexico-tecamac">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/BOP-low-income-housing-mexico-tecamac#comment Housing Activity Telecommunications and IT Activity Active Consumer Government Activity Government Funded Mexico Private Investment Funded Latin America Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:45:41 -0500 Courtland Walker 1721 at http://www.nextbillion.net