The digital divide is most commonly defined as the gap between those individuals and communities that have, and do not have, access to the information technologies that are transforming our lives. (The Digital Divide: Where We Are)

The digital divide also exists between the educated and the uneducated, between economic classes, and, globally, between the more and less industrially developed nations. (The Digital Divide: Where We Are)

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PC ownership levels differ dramatically between developed and developing nations. For example, in South Asia only 4 persons per 1,000 own a PC compared to the 585 per 1,000 in the US. (The Digital Divide: Where We Are)

"A Nation Online" pointed to U.S. Census data showing that 143 million Americans, or about 54 percent of the population, are using the Internet. It also reported that the rate of growth of Internet use in the United States is currently 2 million new Internet users per month, with Internet use continuing to increase across income, education, age, race, ethnicity, and gender lines. (The Digital Divide: Where We Are)

61 %of UK households have internet access. 75% of U.S. households have Internet access 30 % of households worldwide would have Internet access (Divided by Technology. )

The digital divide causes a significant problem in many struggling parts of the world. “As of 2003, only seven percent of the world's 6.4 billion people have had access to the World Wide Web” (Divided by Technology)

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