Well - what an impressive figure. It would appear that after recent survey results were published that near to half a billion people are online- heres the registers take on it.
"Elsewhere, NetRatings found that Germany is the leading Internet nation in Europe. In Latin America that honour goes to Brazil. And in Asia Pacific South Korea is top dog.
In Europe and the Asia Pacific ,Internet access is most common in homes which are headed by men with university degrees. What we're expected to read into this little gem is anyone's guess but there you go. (ed. my thoughts exactly...!)
Elsewhere, it's reported that some 19 million people have DSL access (five million more than cable apparently) according to global figures published at the DSL Forum in Rome."
News source: The Register
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