While governments in Europe and elsewhere continue to invest in faster and better broadband, the biggest benefits will always come from providing Internet access to people who do not already have it, most of whom live in developing and emerging countries. In fact, developing countries can leap-frog the developed world by going straight to mobile broadband, thereby avoiding the need for expensive fiber-optic cables for the “last mile” – or access point – of the network.
尽管欧洲和其他地区的政府一直在投资于更快更好的宽带，但最大的好处将永远来自向从未获得过宽带接入的人们提供互联网。这些人大多生活在发展中和新兴国家。事实上，发展中国家可以通过直接进入移动宽带实现与发达国家同等的水平，从而避开铺设昂贵的“最后一英里”网络——或接入点——光纤的需要。