given that incomes tend to be lower in rural locations compared to urban areas and many rural households simply cannot afford icts shared access is a costeffective means of providing rural connectivity the establishment of community access points is also related to target on connecting public locations that can be used for shared access such as libraries and post offices and likewise to target which sets the goal of ensuring that more than half the worlds inhabitants have access to icts within their reach about half of the worlds inhabitants live in rural areas and one way of getting icts to them is through community access it does not however address exclusively developing countries since even developed nations still face some of the challenges of bringing icts to rural areas particularly in terms of internet and broadband access