Digital-divide efforts are getting more attention

G Goth - IEEE Internet Computing, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
G Goth
IEEE Internet Computing, 2005ieeexplore.ieee.org
Worldwide efforts to mitigate the digital divide between technology-haves and have-nots
have moved forward in recent months. From small projects that are flourishing with donated
equipment and nascent agreements with local telecommunications providers to a proposal
to distribute 100 million to 200 million new laptops to schoolchildren in developing nations
within two years, a new sense of possibility is enlivening the Internet community.
Worldwide efforts to mitigate the digital divide between technology-haves and have-nots have moved forward in recent months. From small projects that are flourishing with donated equipment and nascent agreements with local telecommunications providers to a proposal to distribute 100 million to 200 million new laptops to schoolchildren in developing nations within two years, a new sense of possibility is enlivening the Internet community.
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