"I don't want to play at Sally's house, they don't have a telecomputer."
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As the telephone and television once defined the standard of household income and wealth, so it is now with the tools that allow access to the digital world, the telecomputers.
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More important than the cost of the machinery, which is now almost free, is the usage cost of the services available. Many who have work requirements at home (or simply have high level positions in their companies) have the costs paid for by their employers, making it no more a luxury than perhaps a dishwasher. But for those who must cover the costs themselves, few services beyond simple interactive television are within reach.
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Without the advanced educational programming and other benefits of the system, these people fear for their children that seem to be falling behind in an even faster paced electronic world. This is a world of digital haves and have nots.
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This is a world of upstairs and downstairs.
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