Significant date is Oct. 2001 when federal law mandates all 911 calls on mobile phones to be geolocated. Impact still unknown, but already many startups targeting these services, including Quova , Akamai , RealMapping . The digital divide is the premise that there is unequal access to the information society. The geography of the digital divide is that this unevenness has a spatial component. This issue most forcefully demonstrates the materiality of cyberspace.
Many data indicate the divide is widening.
Mathew Zook maintains the Geography of the Internet Project. Provides a central repository and archive of research around the world. Although this initiative was unsuccessful, further applications for the next round are likely. Would help georeference material on the Web.