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Low-income French families to get PC, Internet for 1 euro a day
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Low-income French families will be equipped with a computer and an Internet connection for 1 euro ($1.27) a day under a new government proposal.
Families who sign up will receive a computer, a high-speed connection, software and a class on how to use the equipment, officials said Tuesday after an inter-ministerial meeting.
The program is expected to start early next year. Later this year, officials will announce which incomes qualify.
About half of French homes have a home computer — a figure that Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin wants to boost to 68 percent in three years.
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