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Bridging the Digital Divide

Discovering the root of the problem By Colleen Burke. Bridging the Digital Divide. Who is being left behind. Older people (Baby boomers and up) Lower Economic classes Rural populations Immigrants. Biggest Factor: Cost. Internet use and income. Broadband at home and income. Smartphones.

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Bridging the Digital Divide

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  1. Discovering the root of the problem By Colleen Burke Bridging the Digital Divide

  2. Who is being left behind • Older people (Baby boomers and up) • Lower Economic classes • Rural populations • Immigrants

  3. Biggest Factor: Cost

  4. Internet use and income

  5. Broadband at home and income

  6. Smartphones

  7. The US Rankings • US ranks 15 in broadband access • South Korea ranks # 11 • 19 million Americans have no access to high speed internet at all

  8. Lack of Competition The Internet is split between wired cable companies and wireless telecommunication

  9. Location of Internet Providers

  10. High speed internet cost per month • Hong Kong $25 per month • Seoul $30 per month • Time Warner plan $75 per month • AT&T Plan $70 per month

  11. Like electricity internet is a right • In 1930 90% of people living in the city had electricity but only 10% of rural people did • Electric companies saw it as too expensive to provide coverage to the countryside • FDR saw it as a right passed the Rural Electrification Act in 1936

  12. What Can We Do? • Treat internet access as a utility • Write your congressmen • Allow cities and towns to act as their own municipality • Encourage competition

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