The article presents the results of a poll carried out by VTSIOM (currently the Levada Center) in the beginning of 2003. 2017 respondents were polled. The topic was computerization as one of the major features of the new economy. The sample represented the adult population of Russia as a whole (ages 16 and up) and the principal social groups with respect to gender, age, level of education, macro-regions of the country, and types of settlements. The poll studied the presence of ICT devices in households, their availability and the general disposition to use these novelties.