Summary: Guest: Dr. Jon Gant Title: Director of the Center for Digital Inclusion, Professor at Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois Guest: John Windhausen Jr. Title: Executive Director of the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition Guest: William A. Brindley Title: Former Chief Executive Officer at NetHope, Special Advisor in the Social Sector Over five billion people, nearly two thirds of the worldâs population, are without Internet access. Attempts to bridge the gap of this Digital Divide have struggled due to poor infrastructure and an inability to generate greater commerce or quality of life. But new innovations with mobility have made it such that people can receive 3G connectivity in places without electricity. So can global Internet connectivity have the necessary gradual impact on a regionâs economy and living conditions in order to see a significant change? How are governments, the commercial sector and non-profits joining hands to contribute to this cause, and how can working on this help solve the impoverished worldâs other priorities?
