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Critics of South by Southwest’s Homeless Hotspots Haven’t Met Jonathan Hill

The backlash against Austin’s Homeless Hotspot program began as soon as the attendees at SXSW’s interactive began tweeting about the 13 homeless men and one woman who are carrying mobile hotspots in their pockets and hawking internet access on street corners. Despite outrage about the Homeless Hotspots at SXSW, the program’s homeless participants and their advocates say it’s a positive development.

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We Austinites are so hip and controversial, with our bourgeois homeless people.

Really, though, I have trouble believing anyone at SXSW doesn’t have a smartphone.

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