Global Internet Access For The Next Four Billion (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

In many lives, the Internet more and more feels essential in terms of business, communication, education and more. But more than half the world is really not on it. A new White House report says broadband internet service has gone from being an optional amenity to a “core utility.” Like water, sewer and electricity, says the White House. But a new UN report says more than four billion people, more than half the planet, is not there. In poor countries, fewer than one in ten. Is this, should this be, a new human right? This hour On Point, the global digital divide, and its implications. — Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2015/09/24/internet-access-next-four-billion