Recent statistics point out that approx 1.3 billion people have access to the internet. While this sounds like a big number, it leaves out a couple of billion users -- or to use a term that excites companies more: customers -- that might want to be connected. Which would explain why there is such huzzbuzz around the "not-quite-but-almost-at-the-bottom-of-the-pyramid" solutions. Negroponte led the way in using a meshed network to connect his educational tool, but now comes the next version ot this to bridge the digital divide. Combine this with Rifkin's "Access matters", and the future is bright, who knows?
In any case, it seems that Varshavsky wasn't fast enough with his FON this time. Maybe he should have focused on BoP, too?
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