Local Impact:
- The place That you live in has a great influence on the amount of access you may have access to technology as an individual or as a whole. People who live in urban city areas will much more access to technology compared to those who live on the countryside or rural areas. With some broadband technologies the quality of the line diminishes the longer the length of the line. So people who are more than 5 kilometers away from a broadband enabled telephone exchange are not able to receive ADSL. Because of these geographical issues households in some areas are excluded from appreciating the full benefits of many online services. They are stuck with an incredibly slow dial-up Internet connection which makes it nearly impossible to tap into most multimedia web sites and features. To overcome geographical and technological problems, different ICTs have been used to provide people with Internet access. For example, wireless technology (wi-fi) is helping Native Americans in California go online and learn computing skills according to a BBC report. A wireless Internet connection now spans an area 150 miles long by 75 miles wide benefiting many natives.
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