A worldwide network of computers, where the individual user on a low budget has access to just about the whole of humanity's computer-based cultural treasures, on the same terms as the multinational giant companies, universities, organisations and governments: a real democracy with exchange of views and freely accessible information.
World-wide???
Yes, actually it is: the tine it takes for computers to transfer bits if information depends on factors like the capacity of a cable, and how many people are trying to connect up along the same stretch at the same time: but not noticeably on geographical distance.
Of course not all countries have the same number of servers and cable (satellite/radio) capacity, especially in the third world, but in practice you can reach anywhere in the world in minimal time.
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