Hi and welcome back to CBC tech talk with Chris, James and Dennis, where today

we will be talking about the digital divide and what it means in todays world.
Yes as the world becomes more developed and we invent a lot more ways to
access and interface with technology the technological divide becomes bigger
and bigger as developed countries excel ahead while less developed countries
lack the ability to access these inventions
Exactly some places still have very slow internet and therefor fall behind other
countries as they cant move big files of information or videos streaming. This to
us may seem like its not a big deal but in a few years this simple split or divide
can affect the survivability of a country.
The actual term of digital divide describes a form of inequality derived from
diminished access to technological services, such as internet access.
Examples of this are like shopping, with stores going more online and shipping
from overseas becoming more accessible, families and countries may start to
lack as they might not be able to access these services.
But it isnt just less developed countries that struggle form the digital divide,
Australia also struggles from this issue. While in Australia there has always been
an access to the internet, the digital divide is now moving more towards the lack
of speed for home broadband, a constant need for hardware upgrades and
advancements and lastly there is a constant focus in Australia on the lack of
know how when it comes to using these great technological advancements.
This is where Australia is trying to close this gap through teaching others how to
use software and hopefully closing this gap. Through studies form the ACM or the
Australian communications media authority show that there is a growth of
internet use in both the regional and urban areas of Australia.
This shows that although a digital divide exists in Australia, we have already
taken steps to provide internet access to those who live in the more regional
areas of Australia, away from places like major cities and technology hubs. This
study showed a home internet connection percentage of 84% in urban areas and
72% in rural. This being only a 12% difference.