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540 of These 2,000 People Have Never Opened a Browser
In a crowd of 2,000 people globally, 540 have never accessed the internet. The digital divide maps onto poverty, geography, and infrastructure — access is not universal.
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About 93% of Americans have internet access — but "access" masks enormous inequality. Rural residents and low-income households are far less connected, even when technically counted as online. In a crowd of 2,000 Americans, roughly 140 have no meaningful internet access. The US invented the internet and still hasn't figured out how to make it universal.
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- OfficialFCC National Broadband Plan2023
- ResearchPew Research Center Internet & Technology2023