Charles Pitts checks the Internet at the H2O Cafe on Polk Street in San Francisco. Mr. Pitts, 37, says he has been homeless for two years.
(Brian L. Frank for The Wall Street Journal) Mr. Pitts checks the Internet while sitting under an escalator at a Muni train station in San Francisco. online at the Transbay Terminal. He has accounts on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. He runs an Internet forum on Yahoo, reads news online and keeps in touch with friends via email From his home under the freeway, Mr. Pitts can get a signal, but the lack of a power outlet means he has to use his computer sparingly. Michael Ross creates his own electricity, with a gas generator he has been homeless for about 15 years, Skip Schreiber, 64, gets online in his van, which is also his home, Power is Mr. Schreiber’s biggest challenge to staying wired. He switched to a Mac from a PC because it uses less juice |
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