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Online Population now Half Billion

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the they-can't-all-fit-in-my-living-room dept.

mattvd writes "According to CNN, the number of people with Web access at home by the end of 2001 was 498 million." Not surprisingly, Asia is growing the fastest. It's amazing that in only 10 years or so, the net has exploded so far, so fast, and now touches 10% of the earths population.

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  1. Half of Half a Billion by slipkid · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...And, in related news, half of the Online Population still believe that "the Internet" and "AOL" are synonymous (the same half, incidentally, who thought 'The Net' was a great film).