{"id":6,"date":"2010-06-26T23:41:12","date_gmt":"2010-06-26T23:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dataroads.org\/blog\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2020-09-14T21:35:17","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T21:35:17","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dataroads.org\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>The Data Roads Foundation<\/h1>\n<p>We already have roads for vehicles. We use them to transport people and their goods throughout the world. These roads are defined by a set of standards and expectations that make high-speed travel more available and safer for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>What we need now is roads for our data. We have many of the necessary standards for our data travel devices, like cell phones and netbooks. We even have an &#8220;Information Super Highway&#8221; to transport our data around the world. What we don&#8217;t have yet is local data roads &#8212; Internet surface streets, alleys, and cul-de-sacs. We shouldn&#8217;t have to use any &#8220;Super Highway&#8221; just to visit our neighbors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Data Roads Foundation<\/strong> will help build and maintain these roads for everyone, because all roads should lead to all people.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As of February 20th, 2013, Data Roads Foundation is an official project of the 501c3 non-profit organization <a title=\"Empowerment WORKS!\" href=\"http:\/\/empowermentworks.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Empowerment WORKS, Inc.<\/a> (EIN: 31-1796801) A new outline of planned projects and goals is now available at our <a title=\"Data Roads Foundation Wiki\" href=\"\/wiki\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wiki site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\"><input alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" name=\"submit\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" type=\"image\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/form>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flattr.com\/submit\/auto?user_id=DataRoads&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fdataroads.org%2Fblog%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Flattr this\" src=\"\/\/api.flattr.com\/button\/flattr-badge-large.png\" alt=\"Flattr this\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.dwolla.com\/scripts\/button.min.js\" class=\"dwolla_button\" type=\"text\/javascript\" data-key=\"6MZZbMa04ntwAdASClWnBn+qM76N7JD\/uDDZQq3ZLH\/C\/ZAg6c\" data-redirect=\"http:\/\/DataRoads.org\/blog\/about\/\" data-label=\"Donate\" data-name=\"Donation to the Data Roads Foundation.\" data-description=\"US tax deductible donation.\" data-amount=\"5\" data-shipping=\"0\" data-tax=\"0\" data-guest-checkout=\"true\" data-type=\"freetype\"><br \/>\n<\/script><br \/>\n<a class=\"sq-embed-item\" href=\"https:\/\/squareup.com\/market\/data-roads-foundation\/unwatch-me-alpha-testing-phase-access\">Unwatch.Me (Alpha Test) Access on Square Market<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"sq-embed-item\" href=\"https:\/\/squareup.com\/market\/data-roads-foundation\/one-time-donation\">Donate to Data Roads Foundation on Square Market<\/a><br \/>\n<script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.sq-api.com\/market\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Your donations are tax deductible as allowed by law, and any paper checks should be sent to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Empowerment WORKS<br \/>\nATTN: Data Roads Foundation<br \/>\n1187 Coast\u00a0 Village Rd &#8211; Suite 101<br \/>\nSanta\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Barbara, CA. 93108\u00a0 &#8211; USA<\/p>\n<p><em><b>NOTE: Make out all payments to Empowerment WORKS, and include &#8220;Data Roads Foundation&#8221; in the Subject\/Memo line of all checks and money orders.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wire transfers can be sent to*:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bank Name: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 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