Surveys about the state of domestic digital divide between social groups reveal that the information access gap is most serious, and that the disparity is most striking between income-groups .
Current policies and programs for closing the gap between income brackets cover only few indigent, and as for the majority of the poor, expecting the internet-related markets to reduce the cost of PC and intemet access and to help them adopt intemet service.
But analysis of the intemet-related markets shows that the possibility of reducing the prices is very slim. So more positive policies for the poor are necessary.
Consequently, in conclusion, this thesis suggests following concrete policy alternatives. Firstly, by drastically reducing the budgets for the deployment of broadband internet networks in the rural areas and for the promotion of ability to use IT, the government should redistribute the surplus to the programs for poor peoples' internet access. Secondly, in the method of supporting the poor, instead of home level access, by both adopting public access and sharply increasing the current free internet plazas, government should minimize the cost
