Abstract
This paper gives an insight to WSIS and discusses some reasons why in the WSIS process a very strong focus was given to Internet governance issues. It comments on the underlying paradigm gap between ICT/Internet and development professionals which the WSIS failed to resolve; it reports recent evidence on the relationship between Internet and other information and communication media in low-income communities; and it suggests some consequences for the future course of international discourse on the relationship between ICTs/Internet and development.