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Connecting the Last Billion
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Connecting the Last Billion

Should the Internet Be a Human Right?


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Editorial Rating

7

Qualities

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Recommendation

Nicholas Negroponte, co-founder of the MIT Lab, is passionate about universal Internet connectivity, and he dreams big. Jessica Rosenworcel, a commissioner for the US Federal Communications Commission, is more realistic about bridging the gulf between those who have ready access to the Internet and those who don’t. Together, they dissect the feasibility of extending Internet access to all. getAbstract recommends their lively discussion to policy makers, leaders of the telecommunications industry and anyone interested in mending the gnawing digital divide.

Take-Aways

  • Though only 43% of the global population has access to the Internet, global connectivity is a financially and technologically viable goal.
  • Internet connectivity is a civic responsibility, if not a human right, and access to the Internet should be freely available.
  • Telecommunications license sales are a massive government revenue earner, a model that impedes change and restructuring.

About the Speakers

Nicholas Negroponte is a co-founder of the MIT Media Lab. Jessica Rosenworcel works at the Federal Communications Commission. John Markoff is a journalist at The New York Times.