I did a quick survey of my students. Got responses from about 75% of my students. Of those students 18% are not allowed to take their laptops home. When asking about internet access outside of school 69% have high-speed and another 3% have dial-up. 12% go somewhere other than home to use the internet, like a relatives, neighbor's, or library. I also asked what they had for computer access aside from the MLTI laptop. 82% have a computer at home they can use. 5% go elsewhere and 13% have no computer access without the laptop.

So I guess Susan's estimates are not far off. I teach in a rural district, but we are not far from Bangor or the Waterville/Augusta. We have quite a cross-section as far as income and educational level go.

I posted this response as a response to Susan's post. I wasn't sure if people would see it there, so I'm reposting it here.