The Milwaukee Omnifest was a community resource with much the same goals as a Free-Net. Neil Trilling was the director.
Omnifest provided free Internet access for elementary and secondary school teachers, UW-Milwaukee Alumni Association members, and librarians before opening to the public. The prototype started at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI USA, the City of Festivals.
The program was well accepted and opened to the public in September 1994. It evolved into an outreach program of the UW Extension as the Center for Community Computing.
Omnifest closed due to a number of factors on March 31, 1998.
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