# A Long-Distance WiFi Network as a Tool to Promote Social Inclusion in Southern Vercarruz, Mexico
## 1 Introduction  
Latin America is one of the regions with the most inequality, including income level and lack of social protection. With the COVID-19 pandemic declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020, this situation worsened [1]. Their usefulness is particularly significant in developing countries, where most of the population lives in rural areas or areas with difficult access [2, 3, 4]. In these zones, theeducation and health care system are often deficient, with an undersupply of material means, insufficient qualification of educational and medical personnel, deficiency of roads and transportation, and a paucity of connectivity services [5; 6; 7; 8]. Strategic analysis generates perspective on the present and future of an organization, clarifying the opportunities of the environment, as well as the competencies that are available, to formulate a logical process of strategic development aimed at achieving the established objectives. Therefore, there is an evident need to adopt new methods and techniques according to the present time that allow survival, growth, and consolidation in turbulent and complex environments [9]. Currently, the world revolves around the internet; therefore, it has changed from being a privilege, as it was two decades ago, to a social necessity [10]. Although this is the fourth industrial revolution, since it is part of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), there are places in the world that have lagged and have not received the benefits of this revolution or where it is still incipient [11; 12]. This is due to the lack of both public and private investment in these areas [13; 14]. In Latin America, there are many towns in this situation [15; 16; 17], and Mexico is among the countries that have difficulty including technologies in their health, educational, and industry systems [18]. The municipality of Mecayapan in Veracruz is populated mostly by indigenous citizens, which represents a community that has been characterized by outdated handling of technological tools such as cell phones, tablets, and computers. Therefore, it is necessary to solve this and similar problems in this population, which will contribute to the inclusion of this community in a society, and, making good use of the internet, promote the entrepreneurial activities among them. Doing so will also allow them to show the products that they have harvested, making these products known to the world and attracting more customers. Worldwide, it has been shown that applying technology in rural sectors improves their inclusion in society. Several studies have focused on applying technology to improve the quality of life of people living in these areas. In Australia, a large country, different telehealth initiatives have been carried out that have contributed to reducing the health gap between the rural and urban populations, based on opportunities for professional development and the support of specialists who contribute to improving the recruitment and retention of the rural medical workforce [19; 20; 21]. On the other hand, rural South Africa is a case study in which researchers have proposed innovative policy reforms to support community network models to reduce the digital gap to ensure that poor people obtain social, economic, and access benefits from broadband internet [22]. Other researchers recommend the liberalization of the telecommunications sector, combined with subsidies to local entrepreneurs, to increase the rate of internet penetration in rural areas. They propose a model based on reducing the costs of providing internet services and increasing the number of access points [23]. The authors of [24] present a study that includes a brief discussion of rural connectivity trials performed in India, and they also explore the rural use case of the 6G communication system, which would suit this country's rural areas.