There are these secret pleasure, associated with the computer, that people don't talk about but they go through. Bulletin Board Systems are spreading like wild fire. I have discovered BBSs in small towns, in obscure places. The Web is a monopoly of the elite. You need high speed modems and good telephone lines, which is nearly impossible in India.
Web access is for large companies and people with leased lines and direct satellite links.
But most people use e-mail, data bases and BBSs. There is a class difference in electronic space. At the same time, it is very important to develop cheaper network, to argue for public access and public space where ordinary citizens can take part, which is distinct from the space of the state and the space of the market. As a citizen of the Third World, I would not valorize the notion of private space and individual rights in the Net and exargerate them. The American debate is excessively focussed on notions of private access to the Net and the debate on multi-national control of the Net is not very rich.