Quite clearly there are countries and districts of each city that can be described as information rich or information poor areas.
So for example the Department of Commerce claims that 20% of America's poorest families do not have telephones and only a fraction of those that have phones can afford computers and peripherals needed to participate in the information age.
And while the Teleom 95, meeting in Geneva last October, adopted the slogan "Connect!" clearly there message was to the top 50 developed nations, not the poorest 48 countries.
Investors are absolutely unwilling to share in the risk of developing phone service in Africa, for example, because of political instability, not sufficient profitability, etc.
So the matrix of cyberspace extending around the globe via phones, faxes, modems, televisions exists within the limits of world capitalism --- where rules of hierarchy, profitability, commercialization --- etc. ---- are as rampant and exploitative as ever.
Add to this the increasing monopolization of telecommunication industries and the future foretells of more exploitation ....
