$35 laptop; internet in poor countries
Subject: $35 laptop; internet in poor countries
From: Clark Robinson <robinsonchicago@gmail.com>
Date: 7/23/10, 11:19
To: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/23/india-unveils-cheapest-laptop  That's half the battle, but it looks as the internet connection is still not widely present and/or may be priced out of reach in poorer (and even some richer) countries. http://www.fundmyproject.net/blogfiles/2009/11/broadband-penetration-and-cost-per-country/  and http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/03/the-cost-to-offer-the-worlds-fastest-broadband-20-per-home/