One billion people now have internet access
More than one billion people in the world have access to the internet, with a quarter of them with broadband, or high-speed connections, according to a survey. The report by the firm eMarketer said the milestone of 1bn was reached in late 2005, and that nearly 250m households had broadband connections. The firm estimates that of these people, 845m use the internet regularly. The United States is still number one in terms of numbers of internet users with 175m, and broadband households, 43.7m. In terms of regions, however, Asia-Pacific has the largest number (315m) and is the largest broadband centre containing nearly 40 per cent of the world’s broadband households. Latin America was the fastest growing broadband region worldwide, achieving 70 per cent subscriber growth, the survey found. But it had just 70m people online. Europe had 233m people online and 55.2m broadband households. China had 111m users and 34.1m households with fast connections. The report was based on a number of industry surveys and data from the International Telecommunication Union and Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development. (AFP, Breitbart.com, May 22, 2006)
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[…] More than one billion people in the world have access to the internet, with a quarter of them with broadband, or high-speed connections, according to a survey. The report by the firm eMarketer said the milestone of 1bn was reached in late 2005, and that nearly 250m households had broadband connections. The firm estimates that of these people, 845m use the internet regularly. More… […]
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