This week’s article looks at an interesting United Nations report about ICT (Information and Communications Technology). The report compares the use of technology resources in rich and poor countries over a period of years. Go to the link below and read the article. Write a reflective comment that shows you have read the article, expresses your views, and addresses my questions.
What aspect of the report surprised you the most? Why do you think that there has been such a large increase in cell phone use in developing countries? What percentage of the people at our school do you think have broadband access to the Internet from their homes? What do you think will happen to people in poor countries if the digital divide continues as it has in recent years?
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10 comments:
I am not very surprised that that many people have a cell phone. When you think about it, if 6 out of 10 people have phones they are not just adults they are kids, teens and adults. I think that there has been such a large increase in cell phone use in developing countries because the cell phone is something very useful to everyone to contact anyone else. The percentage of the people at our school I think have broadband access to the Internet from their homes is 90% maximum. People in poor countries will start using technology and mobile phones more and more, if the digital divide continues as it has in recent years
What do you think will happen to people in poor countries if the digital divide continues as it has in recent years?
The bit about developing countries surprised me. I would guess the reason for increased use in them is that cell phones would be more reliable in countries with weak infrastructures which might have unreliable landlines. I think everyone in our school has broadband. I think that the digital divide will be bridged. As internet becomes faster and cheaper I think more and more people will be able to use it and find application for it in their daily lives.
I was very surprised to see the incredible up rise in cell phone subscription rose 3.1 billion in the last 7 years, with 2/3 of the subscriptions coming from third world countries. This to me is a very surprising fact, but it is understandable, seeing that cell phone coverage is almost everywhere, and it doesn’t require cables, and wiring inside your home, like normal house phones do. They are mobile phones, and this is why many people use them. This is a school that requires you to pay a lot of money, so I am sure that people can afford Internet access, let alone a cell phone. Some of the third world countries aren’t exactly moving along as they should, but the people are able to get their concerns out by way of cell phone, and this will continue if cell phone subscriptions continue to rise. People are more aware of news now because of cell phones, especially in third world countries.
I was surprised that two-thirds of the world uses mobile phones, whereas only 23% use the internet; for some reason I though that the internet use would be closer to the mobile phone use. I think that mobile phones have become more popular in developing countries, for many reasons. Partly because cell phones have become more efficient and cheaper since when they first became popular, partly because their use has become more widespread- to younger children, and to less privileged people- and because mobile phone companies are advertizing in developing countries, and lastly because developing countries are getting more and more developed as the years go on, so mobile phones would naturally spread to these countries. I would guess that about 50% of the people at our school have broadband internet access. I think the digital divide is narrowing, what with the cell phone being introduced and two-thirds of the world using the internet, but the poorer countries must stabilize politically and economically before they can develop technologically. So, everything depends on politics. If thing fail to improve then I’m sure the technology in the developing countries will continue to lag behind but they catch up as old technologies become cheaper and more widespread.
I was astonished that two-thirds of the world acquires and uses mobile phones, which appeared in the article that the percentage between people using internet and mobile phones is huge. Were twenty- three percent of the world’s population uses the internet. In my opinion the mobile phone became a necessity for children, teenagers and adults as it is supposed to be used for emergencies. In these days mobile phones are used as mini computers, to be used as a multifunction machine that can open internet pages, music, videos and much more. The second reason for mobile phone being more used is that the operators are competing between each other globally on the least cost and best quality. I would think that about 97% of the students at our school have broadband internet access. Frankly, I would say that although poor countries are way behind us, but with time they will have these technologies on a basic platform as we had at the beginning, or they will use a sharing method which offers them to use internet in one place by paying a small amount of money compared to our subscriptions
The aspect of the report that surprised me the most was that there was a decline. There probably has been a large increase in the use of cell phones in developing countries because the development was a large increase too. I think 95% if not more of the people at our school have access to internet from their homes. I do not think that the digital divide will affect the poor people physically. They might just not get news as fast. I was not surprised at the numbers that much except that Hong Kong was not from the top 5. I thought it would definetely be from the top.
I am not surprised that many people in the world have a cell phone, a cell phone is like food nowadays. I think that this is very normal because almost every person in the world has a phone. I think that a lot of people from our school have access to the internet from home, not many people do not have internet. That does not surprise me if one or two people do not have internet.
This report didn't hold many surprises for me since in this generation, more people are getting cell-phones. I believe that there has been a large increase in cell-phones because the cell-phone is a handy piece of equipment. However, I'm not sure how the cell-phone will benefit a developing countries economy by having cell-phones. I think that the percentage of people who have broadband is around 90%-95%. I think that the people in poor countries will remain poor due to the fact that the countries economy isn't rising up by buying all these cell-phones and internet services.
I’m not surprised that many people carry cell phones.
I think that there has been an increase in the use of cell phone because the cell phone is easy to use, and its practical. The cell phone is very necessary to kids and working people, its also fun for teenagers. I think that’s why there is an increase in cell phone use.
All of the people at our school have access to the Internet. Most of our schoolwork is on the Internet and so the Internet is vital if you want to pass.
If the digital divide continues I think that people in poor countries will start using technology more and more.
Noor mansur
Well I'm not the least bit shocked about so many people having cell phones. I mean my little sister who's barely even 10 has a cell phone.
Well I think because of how easy and cheap it is to contact people overseas nowadays. Also Moms like to buy cell phones for their little ones as a sign of being a good mother because in case their child gets lost they can use the cell phone to find help. Teens buy cell phones for fun, unlike kiddies and adults.
Like 95% of them should and probably do have access of the internet from their homes.
Well i don't really know how to answer that question. I suppose they'll die off. Because without technology people look at you as uneducated and refuse to talk to you ( if they're of an upper class like 75% of the time they're snobs) . The poor will get sick and will be forgotten OR they will be noticed more as people get knowledge of them off the internet. So its hard to say...
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