This medium transference is indicative of a much broader current. Beyond the hardware investments, there are paper costs. Many people still prefer the hard copy. In addition, while the hard copy option may be available, exclusive electronic information formats may be analogous in some ways to English only laws. While you can always get someone to make the translation to the paper format for you, this is an additional barrier for not speaking the language of the dominant culture.
Boulder county has an above average number of home computer owners.
Right now, the underrepresented includes people with both resources and readiness skills who just have not figured out how to make this technology come together for themselves. Yet that is not usually the population that comes to mind when one thinks of the Internet underrepresented. While offering public orientation sessions may provide a community service to those people who are new to the Internet or almost ready to hop on, a different strategy may be necessary to reach the populations that are miles from readiness. One case worker suggested that more of the women might be more inclined to participate if they knew resources were available and they didn't have to hunt for them on the web. BCN is in the process of putting together a tailored home page for this group.