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". – All these issues are extremely important. I have just a few remarks.
Schools are well placed to bridge the digital divide. Through them we can guarantee education for all. In Europe comprehensive school systems still work. We can guarantee skills for everybody. When the Internet comes to homes via children we can avoid the divide from the start. But we must also look to the older age groups. Here, the combined efforts of the public sector in training, public access points which can be run by local communities, post offices and the private sector provide extremely important backup. Here I hope all Member States will take active measures.
As regards usage, we are now discussing flat rates in general. In America, higher usage is often explained by the fact that there are more flat-rate offers on the market, not only for broadband but also for narrow bands. We have not reached a final conclusion on this, but this question is being raised now, as we have seen a tail-off in demand for broadband in the form of ADSL and cable. Should that be a solution? I will reply to that after we have done some more internal work.
As for content, if the Internet is not in your own mother tongue it will be not the Internet for all. The Commission is now implementing its programme, eContent, which concentrates on multilingual and multicultural platforms in the content area. It brings together different operators from different Member States. There has been huge interest and it is doing fine.
The Information Society Technologies Programme is shifting attention towards applications. In the future the user will be at the centre. We have often put technology at the centre, but we must now put the user at the centre instead. Users are not looking for technology, but rather for content, services and applications. For that reason the attention of research is moving in that direction. The Commission supports these efforts."@en1
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