The session precisely aimed to provide suggestion of what could be the policy elements that could facilitate community connectivity. Participants see citizen’s empowerment, in this sense, as a very suitable option to expand connectivity and to enhance the quality of life of individuals.
In this matter, many participants observed that there are huge gaps in Community Connectivity inside of the countries. In the United States, for example, it happens especially in the tribal lands were big operators were provided with spectrum licenses but don't provide services. To the majority of the presents, this has to do with discrimination of access. In Mexico, the most recent survey on the penetration of telecom services stated that only 45% of the people make use of a computer and 74% have a cell phone. And this data is underestimated since they are counting all the phones existing in the country but not all the people that really use them.
Participants observed as essential to consider access to Internet and to information, as well as the capability to receive and spread information, as fundamental rights. Furthermore, relevant communities of indigenous people have problems regarding the lack of access to the Internet in the Americas.
Another subject highlighted by the participants was the fact that building community’s connectivity could improve people's living conditions and avoid them to be victims of arbitrary shutdowns. On the other hand, this is not easy, especially in some contexts of authoritarianism.