digital under class

I have read in the newspapers, over the past few weeks, many articles on computers. These articles dealt with music, movies, financial services, government resoruces, and so forth that are available on the Internet. I have also seen statistics such as 168 million us citizens use the internet, 65% of us households have a computer, and over 25% of use households have broadband.

I believe that there is a large number of persons in the us who either do not have the capacity and or the interest in learning how to use the internet or computers. These persons are at a distinct disadvantage in functioning in our society because they do not have access to what is becomming a basic service. I suspect that this will become a social issue within the next few years as it becomes clear that these persons are developing into an under privilaged class. I do not have a solution, but I think that this is worth watching.