Digital World Forum: Low Cost Laptop and Low Cost Broadband
PC computers have been the vector of deployment of Internet and Web access for most people and families of the Developed World. However, for a long time, it was not an affordable option for people in the Developing World. In order to tackle this problem, lots of initiatives have focused on starting telecenters. While these telecenters have been extremely successful, they are still very rare in rural areas. Moreover, the impact of computer is far less important when it is a heavily shared resource. Starting from this observation, and with the evolution of the hardware and the revolution of the free and open source software, few initiatives around the World are now investigating how to make very low-cost laptops.
