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Wednesday, December 26, 2001
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/12/25/dig.divide.thoughts.idg/index.html Interview: 5 thoughts about the digital divide By Jon Surmacz (IDG) -- According to Nielsen//NetRatings, there are 162.5 million Internet users in the United States. Yet there are millions more in poor rural and urban areas that don't have affordable Internet access, thereby preventing them from economic and educational opportunities. This problem is typically referred to as the digital divide. We spoke with Ken Jarboe, president of the Athena Alliance, a think tank concentrating on the social implications of the Internet and the information economy, to find out why businesses should be aware of the divide and what they should do about it....
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