overty and an underdeveloped telecommunications infrastructure are significant barriers to Internet usage for millions of Mexicans (Chen and Wellman, 2003). Data collected by consulting firm Select Mexico (2004) show a wide class disparity in Internet access. The analysis divides Mexico’s populace into three income classes. The bottom third consists of about 73 percent Mexicans: mostly students, housewives, and employees of small businesses. Select found only about 17 percent of this group was Internet users. By contrast, they found that 46 percent of the upper class category is Internet users (about 13 percent of the population).