Comments on: Thought experiment: An Internet where all countries are equally developed (chart & numbers) https://www.pingdom.com/blog/thought-experiment-an-equal-internet-chart-numbers/ Website Performance and Availability Monitoring | Pingdom Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:30:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 By: antrik https://www.pingdom.com/blog/thought-experiment-an-equal-internet-chart-numbers/#comment-1861 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:30:55 +0000 http://royalpingdom.wpengine.com/?p=9779#comment-1861 “Countries where people are currently starving or living in abject poverty probably won’t make Internet access a high priority unless their living situation changes significantly for the better.”

Well, this may not yet have found it’s way into official government programs — but there are some development initiatives nowaday based on the premise that communication technology is actually a very important factor in overcoming poverty. If a farmer in an African village can check the current bidding price for his produce *before* engaging on the multi-day journey to the market, that’s a very substantial improvement of his situation!

A very interesting talk by Jon “Maddog” Hall touching on this topic: http://ftp.stw-bonn.de/froscon/2010/hs12/theora/hs12_-_2010-08-21_12:45_-_en_-_free_and_open_source_software_in_the_developing_world_-_jon_maddog_hall.ogv

]]> By: Christian Davén https://www.pingdom.com/blog/thought-experiment-an-equal-internet-chart-numbers/#comment-1860 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 04:31:49 +0000 http://royalpingdom.wpengine.com/?p=9779#comment-1860 What if you factored in future population estimates?

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