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Non-users "Don't Need" the Net

Nua, Jun 19, 2001

How times change. Today when news reports talk about the size of the internet, they use the word 'only,' as in 'only six percent of the world's population. That amounts, according to the same survey, to 400 million people using the web daily. Most of those who don't use it see no need for it; "The hype and the promise of the Internet clearly hasn't impressed them." 65 percent of Swedes, 60 percent of Canadians and 59 percent of Americans use the web daily. Short article with a number of related links. NUA Internet Surveys, June 14, 2001

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