Only One Quarter of the Planet To Be Online By 2012

Stony Stevenson writes "Researchers are predicting that one quarter of the world's population will be connected to the internet within the next four years. According to the report by Jupiter Research, the total number of people online will climb to 1.8 billion by 2012, encompassing roughly 25 percent of the planet. The company sees the highest growth rates in areas such as China, Russia, India and Brazil. Overall, the number of users online is predicted to grow by 44 percent in the time period between 2007 and 2012." Is it just me or does that seem incredibly small?

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Is it just me or does that seem incredibly small?

[Anonymous Coward]

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID!!!

25% of the Planet?

[iTowelie]

Isn't that all of us? I thought the Earth was covered by 75% water? iT

Perspective

[Gothmolly]

It is just you. There are literally billions of people who have not heard of WoW, a MacBook, or your parents' basement. There IS a whole world out there, you know, in that room outside the server room, where the sky is sometimes blue and sometimes black with little white led lights, where the HVAC is on the blink half the time. You know that big room?

Re:It may be small...

[Cro Magnon]

Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes.

Interesting saying. I'd guess most of those people don't even have shoes.