Attobahn: Innovation

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with a Social Mission

Access - Quality of Access - Affordability

Prepared by: Cynthia A. Phillips, PhD | May, 2020

Source: missioninvestors.org
illustration from ‘Mission Investors Exchange 2020 National Conference.’

Attobahn is committed to ending the Digital Divide to create a future where more people around the world have improved economic equality and social mobility that can foster healthier democracies and shared economic growth.

Too often the benefits of technological advancements are not shared equally across communities in the US and across the globe.

With the internet, there are issues of access, affordability as well as quality of access. This digital divide impacts the following areas:

Education
Job opportunities
Communication
Politics
Health and wellness
Community engagement
Commerce
Access to government services
Emergency information

The COVID19 crisis shines a light on the impact of digital divide more brightly than ever before with many students losing ground due to poor internet access as well as the impact on health outcomes due to lack of access to telehealth. In fact, so much of daily life now revolves around resources and capabilities fueled by the internet, the United Nations Human Rights Council considers access to the internet as a basic human right.

The issue is not only in the United States. Across the globe the demand increases for quality access to networks. Pew Research on mobile technology and its social impact finds many mobile phone owners are challenged by connectivity and affordability.

Attobahn is committed to assuring every citizen across the globe has access to high quality and affordable internet. Serving all with the power of Attobahn is core to our mission. Follow our commitment in action as we commence installations in the US and across the globe in late 2020. We will feature stories of the impact of Attobahn here and on social media. Tune in as we turn on access, quality of access and affordability for communities all over the world.

Attobahn will forever change the mode of internet access as the new form of service that will spawn new applications, which in turn will drive further evolution of the internet itself- and access to the internet.

Source: www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/technology/coronavirus-digital-divide.html