What is "telecottage"

n. 1 A community facility access to technology, etc. for its local community. 2 A teleworker's physical workplace, whether in the individual's home or on a communal site. (rfex)

Telecottage is usually a community based facility that is there to assist learning, access to technology, access to work etc. for its local community. The Telecottages movement started in Sweden and the idea has been taken up quite widely, notably in the United Kingdom where at the last count (in 1997) there were some 200 telecottages.