Nielsen Report Says Internet Usage Flattening

Ant writes "This BetaNews story says an analysis of major Internet markets revealed that the time netizens spend online at home has come close to hitting a plateau in many major markets. Nielsen//NetRatings, a syndicated rating system for Internet audience measurement, measured markets in Brazil, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States and found them to be maturing. In contrast, Australia, France, Hong Kong, Italy and Japan experienced double-digit growth. According to Nielsen//NetRatings' press release (PDF) and current news story concluded that mature markets are in wait of "the next big thing" whereas emerging markets were rife with opportunity for companies online. Some of the growth engines cited in the report is the proliferation of broadband and societal changes in media consumption..."

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Next big thing

[zymano]

is REAL broadband . The 100/megabit - 1 gigabit variety that also gets you hdtv. They already started this in paloalto.

http://ftthblog.blogs.com/ftth_blog/

My only question is from reading another article on Slash is if the internet protocol tcp/ip is right for high speed video since the internet architecture was never intended for it.

Re:Does this mean we get to keep IPv4?

[value_added]

A Grammar Lesson for Slashdot Posters (the first of a continuing series) ...

Rearranging the first sentence in the original post yields:

[I]f you go to heavily poluted areas like Bangladesh ... a parallel is.

Duh. Like ... is what??

The rule is that a gerund demands the possesive. e.g. My posting such comments may be indicative of deep-seated frustrations.

Alternatively, the tortured construction could have been avoided and the sentence rephrased to say something along the lines of:

A parallel can be found in heavily polluted areas like Bangladesh.

Much better, innit?