Rural areas have received a lot of attention by researchers proposing ICT solutions for their problems. Do rural people really need such technologies, such as computers; Ipads; e.t.c.
Agree with Justin Roborg-Söndergaard. We must not confuse sustainable development of rural areas with Computer and ICT marketing.
I have witnessed technology that sustains in rural communities in Indonesia, not necessarily in the form of Ipad. It is micro-hydro for electricity. They built it by themselves (imitating neighboring village) and get electricity for their remote village.
Rural community is also not a homogeneous entity within them and between communities. The use of technology as you mentioned (ipad or computer) might useful (and sustain) at one place and not the other place, or might be useful for some part of the rural community, but not for other.
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