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11. Access to a good internet connection also affects internet use and its usefulness.
Top 15 Economies by 2002 Broadband Penetration - Per 100 inhabitants
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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.
Secure Internet Servers by Country - Top 15
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14. The U.S. clearly dominates the number of internet hosts as well.
Internet Hosts - 2000
90,000,000
80,000,000
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70,000,000
4,500,000
4,000,000
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Australia
3,000,000
Canada
Brazil
Finland
2,500,000
50,000,000
France
Germany
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2,000,000
Japan
1,000,000
Netherlands
Italy
Mexico
Sweden
500,000
30,000,000
Taiwan
United Kingdom
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United States
2000
20,000,000
10,000,000
2000
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
