Internet Communication
- 3. America has the greatest number of active users by far. It has more than four times the number of active users as runner-up Japan.
- 7. The U.S. has nearly ten times as many internet service providers as its closest competitor, Canada. The U.S. is off this chart with 7,000 internet service providers.
- 8. However, more internet service providers does not correspond with greater internet usage. Nearly 60% of Norway’s people were online even though it only has three internet service providers.
- 9. Likewise, Chile is more online than any country in South America, yet it too has relatively few internet providers.
- 11. Access to a good internet connection also affects internet use and its usefulness.
- 12. Many more households than individuals have access to broadband.
- 13. The U.S. dominates this feature of the internet as the larger graph shows. The inset graph more clearly shows how its competitors compare.
- 14. The U.S. clearly dominates the number of internet hosts as well.
- 15. Slides 2, 3, 7: “Global Online Populations”, CIA's World Factbook 2002. Slides 4, 8: “European Internet Usage”, CIA’s World Factbook 2002. Slides 5, 9: “South America Internet Usage”, CIA’s World Factbook 2002. Slide 6, 10: “Caribbean Internet Usage”, CIA's World Factbook 2002. Slides 11-12: “Top 15 economies by 2002 broadband penetration”, International Telecommunications Union. Slide 13: “Data for the A.T. Kearney / Foreign Policy Magazine Globalization Index ™”, International Telecommunications Union Yearbook of Statistics (2001) Slide 14: “Data for the A.T. Kearney / Foreign Policy Magazine Globalization Index ™”, Secure Server Survey, Netcraft.com