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Post Pandemic: Internet Connectivity

We should be grateful that Covid-19 happens in 2020 but not 1920, in spite of keeping social distance physically, we still manage to connect to one another virtually.

However, according to statistic below, this is not applicable to worldwide population.
Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/617136/digital-population-worldwide/

An article by Asia Sentinel, titled "After Covid: A Connectivity Pandemic", points out that 41% of the world population are actually unconnected.

Five priorities have been summarised to ensure connectivity:

1. Promoting network resilience

2. Ensuring access to affordable digital services

3. Social distancing and connectivity

4. Leveraging e-health and big data

5. Ensuring institutional frameworks are fit for purpose


Nonetheless, our earth is getting divided into two major influences -- the West side is suppressing the East side to limit the room for development, especially in 5G network coverage and capacity. 

While some conspiracy theories might be convincing, such interventions could potentially cause distortion in connectivity infrastructure expansion to the areas in need. 

As the article concluded,
"Unless we quickly address the challenge of providing high-quality universal access to the Internet to all of us, we will not be capable of building inclusive economies. We would never be capable of bringing our vast resources to deal with future catastrophes or environmental degradation. And we will not be able to give young people global access to the wealth of human understanding so that they can understand, drive innovation and give rise to the future."


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