The Iperbole Civic Network – Iperbole users community and the portal of the Municipality (http://www.comune.bologna.it ) was set up in January 1995 as a «telematic bridge» between the virtual community and the real city in order to build a «digital information society at local level». It is an operating project employing Internet to open a public doorway to the connectivity and to state a leading role for local Public Administration in the creation of the information and knowledge society. The service is characterised by two main features: Iperbole users and the site/portal of the Municipality. The Municipality offers all residents access to the Internet, the use of electronic mail and several specific services for subscribers; the management of the service envisages, beside all updated information sections, several services. During these years of activities there have been promoted projects and services with the purpose to improve social cohesion, local development and equal opportunity to ICT and – at the same time – a concrete and innovative model for a rich in resources and integrated portal for all the territory.