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Govt Says: Internet Is Popular

Posted by Hemos on from the well-duh dept.

michaeld writes "The U.S. Dept of Commerce reports that more than half of the nation is now online. In September 2001, 143 million Americans (54% of population) were using the Internet -- an increase of 26 million in thirteen months. 2 million more go online each month. Between August 2000 and September 2001, residential use of high-speed, broadband service doubled--from about 4 to 11 percent of all individuals, and from 11 to 20 percent of Internet users. ZDNet has commentary as does Reuters, while the government has the Full report."

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  1. Duh! by jamirocake · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't know if 80 000 000 people on AOL is really "on line". It's sad to see that as technolgy advances 'the people' remain in obscurity (ie.: in the hands of companies like AOL and MS) and it the comptres are still mystical boxes not to be tampered with. It makes me think that this headline in a dark ages newspaper would be: Church says God is popular.

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  2. What they don't tell you... by ckd · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Internet isn't really that popular; someone at Microsoft just got confused about the subject of the poll, and sent out some email to the entire company claiming that the government was trying to measure the popularity of .NET.

  3. Hmmmmmm..... by MrBandersnatch · · Score: 5, Funny

    The U.S. Dept of Commerce reports that more than half of the nation is now online

    No wonder its so damn laggy today ;)

  4. News by 3ryon · · Score: 5, Funny

    In related news, the Government also declared that the Sky is Blue, Bill Gates is Rich, and that Governments spend money on obvious surveys.

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