οΏ½At-a-glance:οΏ½Global digital divides
Scratch the surface

Statistics can be misleading. It appears the divide between those online and those not is shrinking.

But there are more net users in Seoul than in sub-Saharan Africa.

In fact, the annual growth rate in the number of net users has been dropping since 1998.

The means the WSIS goal of 50% of the globe in reach of the net by 2015 is in danger

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