I feel like its going too far to point at TCP/IP as a or the root issue behind growing inequality (especially inequality between 3rd world countries and 1st wor

I feel like its going too far to point at TCP/IP as a or the root issue behind growing inequality (especially inequality between 3rd world countries and 1st world countries). To look at the larger historical perspective, we're still headed in the right direction. How much did it cost to copy a book by hand? How much did it cost to print a copy with Gutenberg style printer? How much does it cost to distribute a book's worth if internet in the day and age of the Pony Express? Even within the digital age, we have a lot of alternative methods when issues arise... just look at the growth of community owned ISPs or network end points. And things like P2P transfers, Tor network, or the ad-hoc, informal cuban data sharing network. My point is other factors seem to be significantly higher impact than cost to distribute, or technical limitations behind the access to information. Devices and access are getting cheaper (despite what most of those monopolies would wish) and with that comes expansion. Will pure access to the internet solve all of the problems? Of course not, but I think we'd all agree it will help. And if TCP/IP isn't cost effective (or has another issue) in serving the 3rd world, something else will pop up to fill the gap.