Fifty-eight percent said they don't have a clue what the Internet is about or what it can do for them. Forty percent said they do not intend to get connected in the next four years. The disconnected are much more likely than those who do have Internet access to live in lower income and minority households. Those who are fully and partially connected are much more likely to have at least a college degree and be employed in managerial or professional occupations. The fully and partially connected are less likely to be black.
Disconnected households are older and tend to be smaller.
Eighty-one percent of those who own a computer have full or partial Internet access. Once people have computers, they tend to get online. The disconnected fully appreciate the value of technology and computers but are less likely to see the value of the Internet to them. According to eMarketer, cybercafes are mushrooming in India's major cities and are particularly popular with young city dwellers. The number of active adult Internet users in India was 270,000 at the end of last year and is set to reach 1.5 million by the end of 2000, but this figure will still represent only 0.2 percent of India's adult population.