access and equity in technology

common carriage

• principle that communication providers must treat all users equally wo discrimination

• originally applied to services like telephones but now extends to internet access debates

• ensures fair and equal access to media and info

digital divide

• gap between people who have access to tech and the internet and those who do not

• affects low income, rural, and marginalized communities

• highlights inequality in access to media, info, and digital opps

last mile

• final step in delivering internet or tech services to individual users

• often most expensive and difficult part of building infrastructure

• shows challenges of achieving equitable access to tech

skills gap

• difference between the skills people have and the skills needed for modern tech jobs

• many people lack training in digital and tech fields

• affects who can participate and benefit from media and ai industries

one laptop per child

• program aimed to provide low cost laptops to children in developing countries

• designed to improve education and digital access

• shows efforts to reduce inequality in access to tech