[Billthedrill]

But in the end, one Latin American ambassador said, "No one wanted to challenge the real power of the private sector of the rich countries."

Well, they all challenged it. But that "real power" is the inconvenient fact that they who invented it, built it, operate it, maintain it, and repair it are not convinced that those who did and can do none of those things, ought to be in charge of it.

There is only one way that the 'net can be used to help in the development of nations whose citizens are bereft even of running water, and that is, as someone pointed out above, to use it as a base for taxation and a means for redistribution of wealth. That isn't "managing" it, it's milking it.

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"No one wanted to challenge the real power of the private sector of the rich countries."

And no one is putting a gun to anyone's head and forcing them to use the Internet.