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Populations most in need of access to justice, such as the elderly and the urban and rural poor, also have limited access to connective technologies, such as the Internet, that are taken for granted in much of the United States. Although the cutting edge of technology rapidly advances, it proliferates unevenly, leaving a pervasive digital divide, with some 20 percent of Americans, or 60 million people, not connected to the Internet. In some cities, such as Detroit, the proportion of unconnected Americans approaches 60 percent.