[1st-mile-nm] San Jose Mercury News: Fiber optics' digital divide

[Steve Ross]

We have of course been on the story a long time.

Broadband HAS revolutionized Korea -- with half the per 
capita GDP and a sixth the population, Korea generates about 
as much Internet traffic as the US. It has changed 
journalism there for the better, provided dozens of new 
services we don't have. A Korean city (Gangnam, which is 
part of Seoul) just won the ICF award.




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> See also: by Beth Wellington - May. 24, 2008 - See Full Review (3.1 avg. 
> from 13 answers) This identifies a problem but not much more. An 
> interesting look at the ramifications of high speed internet not just 
> for entertainment but civic engagement and business competitiveness can 
> be found in this pamphlet by the Communications Workers of America: link 
> as well as at OMB Watch: 
> http://www.ombwatch.org/article/blogs/entry/5010/31 I find it 
> interesting that the writer thinks that 10% of folks not even having the 
> current lagging technology means the problem of the digital divide has 
> been solved.
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> Fiber optics' digital divide - By Peter Svensson
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> NEW YORK - The lack of high-speed Internet access in some areas of the 
> United States has been hotly debated, even as that digital divide has 
> narrowed. View Full Story 
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