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Where Is the Internet Still Missing?
Episode 4418
Published 3 weeks, 1 day ago
Description
The ITU says 96% of the global population is within range of a mobile signal, yet 2.6 billion people remain offline. This episode explores the gap between coverage maps and reality, separating places with no infrastructure from places where connectivity is functionally impossible. We examine North Korea’s deliberate intranet, the economic barriers of Starlink, and the truly dark inhabited zones in the Amazon basin, Central African Republic, and beyond. The answer to whether the pre-internet era is truly over is more complex—and more political—than you might think.