On Tue, 19 Nov 1996, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
Eric Germann writes:
The barrier to entry for that poor person is significantly higher, in the real world, for the poor person. Net access may be had for $20/month. But the hardware is a significant barrier for the poor person.
Used PCs capable of providing net access are very cheap these days -- $100 will get you a not entirely unreasonable setup for many purposes.
Even cheeper. Used VTs are excellent for this sort of purpose, etc. However, there has been a dramatic decrease in the number of providers offering shell or text-based Internet access. The biggest problem I see to the situation is when users _and_ providers believe they need high-powered computers to access 'the net'. -- Billy Biggs ae687@freenet.carleton.ca