The global digital divide endures:
77 per cent of North Americans have internet access, 61 per cent in Oceania / Australia and 58 per cent of Europeans. There are many developing countries that have internet penetration rates that are less than 1/100 of those in wealthy countries. This skews the composition of the internet community. The total proportion of population in 2011 who are internet users is 30 per cent. So if the internet is bringing the world together, it is primarily the affluent who are being brought into communion with each other. Most of the world’s poor are not part of this magic circle of ‘mutual understanding’.
The Dish 