Grrr

World's poor face digital divide

Worldwide, just 14 percent of the population is online, compared with 62 percent for the United States and an even higher ratio in some Western European countries, according to the International Telecommunication Union. Less than half the world's people have telephones, even as some in developed countries are so wired they can't seem to get away from ringing phones.

Political unrest, civil wars, hunger, disease. What these folks really need is highspeed? Yes, lets all join hands and bring the internet to places with no indoor plumbing - that will make all the very real, intransigent problems just melt away. Gawd.