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====== International Gap ====== | ====== International Gap ====== | ||
- | Digital divide does not just exist within the United States itself but instead internationally. While the United States is facing problems in terms of having full broadband coverage or making sure rural areas have access to technology, there are third-world nations out there who are not even close to having a digital divide problem since they don't even have technology access to begin with. | + | The digital divide does not just exist within the United States, but also internationally. While the United States is facing problems in terms of having full broadband coverage or making sure rural areas have access to technology, there are third-world nations out there who do not have any sort of technology infrastructure at all. What limited technological resources are present go to the privileged few while the masses are left struggling without. This lack of access causes not just the technological gap to widen, but the socioeconomic gap as well. |
- | There are several factors that causes an international gap in technology namely :- | + | There are several factors that causes an international gap in technology namely : |
1) Cost | 1) Cost | ||
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- | What is the worse that could happen? Joy of Tech answers it at http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1034.html | + | What is the worst that could happen? Joy of Tech answers it at http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1034.html |
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