Google has its Google docs tools, so if you wanted to create a spreadsheet or any type of text document you would simply go to a web page that has all the functionalities of a word processor, but because it's taking place on the Internet, you can access it from anywhere, and you can get other people accessing it as well.

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It can be difficult to imagine not having affordable, relatively easy access to the internet or a public education system that teaches computer skills.

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On-the-move workers in the utilities, field services, and oil and gas industries can easily carry it from place to place and have easy access to not only the Internet but also their companies' virtual private network (VPN) while they are away from the office.

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Instead of yoking customers to monthly payments, it allows them to pay for half of the computer by buying minutes of internet access as and when they can afford them.

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