There are more than 300 million computers connected to the Internet around the world. But you need more than just a simple connection. Alf Hermida There are several big problems when it comes to internet access. One of the big ones is that a lot of the material on the internet is in English, and that instantly puts a barrier up to a lot of people in the world because they have to speak at least some English to understand the information there. The other thing is just the connection. To connect to the internet, you need to connect either through cables or you could do it through radio waves. But in many parts of the developing world, what you have is a very slow connection over a telephone line. Telephone lines in a lot of these parts of the world are quite unreliable, they're a bit crackly, they might have some interference on the line. VOCABULARY barrier - překážka, bariéra connection - spojení unreliable - nespolehlivý crackly lines - přerušované, praskající telefonní linky rušení interference - rušení
There are more than 300 million computers connected to the Internet around the world. But you need more than just a simple connection. Alf Hermida There are several big problems when it comes to internet access. One of the big ones is that a lot of the material on the internet is in English, and that instantly puts a barrier up to a lot of people in the world because they have to speak at least some English to understand the information there. The other thing is just the connection. To connect to the internet, you need to connect either through cables or you could do it through radio waves. But in many parts of the developing world, what you have is a very slow connection over a telephone line. Telephone lines in a lot of these parts of the world are quite unreliable, they're a bit crackly, they might have some interference on the line. VOCABULARY barrier - překážka, bariéra connection - spojení unreliable - nespolehlivý crackly lines - přerušované, praskající telefonní linky rušení interference - rušení
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