Continuing the unanswered question/discussion from Target audience and resources:
Here’s a reference I’ve been reading…
Internet for All A Framework for Accelerating Internet Access and Adoption
Here are some of the highlights
The study found that there are four major reasons people don’t have the Internet:
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Infrastructure
No electricity
No 3G coverage
No fiber, cable or DSL -
Affordability
Poverty
Broadband not affordable -
Skills, awareness and cultural acceptance
Illiteracy
Women less connected -
Local adoption and use
Language barrier
What can Outernet do to address these market segments:
Infrastructure
- Satellites can reach where cellphones, fiber, cable and DSL can’t reach
Affordability
- The solution needs to be very inexpensive. How can it be cost-reduced?
Skills, awareness and cultural acceptance
- Can literacy be taught by Outernet? I think that the materials to help people learn to read can be distributed. The news in simple language is an excellent way to begin reading.
Local adoption and use
- can a new language be taught? I have learned four languages in my life (German, French, English and Spanish) and I’m slowly working on a fifth - Russian.
- Homeschooling materials
I think that learning new languages should be part of the database that’s sent out with the Outernet units (Lanterns?).
I think there are quite a few overlooked target audiences in the US (and the rest of the world)
- Off grid folks
- Tiny home residents
- Full-Time RV’ers
Your comments…
–Konrad, WA4OSH