[wordup] What exactly does the Digital Divide mean on a worldwide scale?

[Adam Shand]

Rob Flickenger is at the ICTP School on Radio Based Computer Networking 
for Research and Training in Developing Countries (or ICTP Wireless 
2005 for short). They are teaching 50 students from all over the world 
how to build their own antennas, configure access points, configure 
Linux, and generally hack wireless.

Here's an interesting post from him to drive home the need for this.

Adam.

From: http://nocat.net/~rob/notes/2005/02/16#simulator

International Bandwidth Simulator

What exactly does the Digital Divide mean on a worldwide scale? Check 
out this fantastic page at the ICTP for a very detailed look at 
relative connectivity around the globe.

This map and the accompanying stats should give you an idea of the 
scale of the problem to be solved. If you think dialup or GPRS is slow, 
try the simulator to understand just what the Internet looks like to a 
user on an HF radio in a remote developing country. The online world 
looks very different at 1Kbps. Try it for yourself and see.

Wireless networking can change this picture. Teaching people how to 
build their own free networks can help change it very quickly.

Posted on: Thu, Feb 17 2005 2:42 AM