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Bridge the Digital Divide
Bridge the Digital Divide
The Challenge
Technology requires investment. Affluent and middle-class communities in first-world nations are already familiar with technology and the social and educational benefits that technology delivers. A growing concern among politicians and concerned citizens alike is: what about the rest of the world? Inner-city poverty, rural isolation, developing countries without telecommunications infrastructure – communities with these challenges lack the advantage of today’s “digital world” and instead are separated by a chasm known as the “digital divide.” The US government developed the eRate program to address the digital divide issue, ensuring that children will have access to the technology they need to succeed in school and as adults. These funds are becoming readily available to applicants, and need to be carefully invested to maximize effective programs. How can we best reach the largest number of people?
The Solution
nstalling wired networks to homes, schools, hospitals and community centers around the world isn’t feasible. Wireless metro area networks funded by governments or charities provide a next-generation solution to a problem that fiber optic networking can’t solve. Installing broadband wireless networks to community centers finally breaks the cost barrier. Wireless point-to-point and multipoint networks eliminate trenching fiber, eliminate monthly recurring leased line costs and cross previously insurmountable geographical barriers. Local governments can bridge the digital divide through metro-area connections to churches, Head Start centers, low-income medical clinics, YMCAs and many other grass-roots organizations.
The Products
