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Internet saturation (but not in Iceland)
From fork-admin@xent.com  Thu Aug 29 11:04:14 2002

Gary's news service at teledyn.com has an article on Internet Saturation.
Let me ask you....If you were on a rock in the middle of the Atlantic,
mostly in the dark for half the year, wouldn't *you* like a bit of
internet distraction?   They've already done the obvious and fiber-ringed
the island.
Eirikur
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Latest guestimate stats from Ireland's NUA show a flattening Internet
population growth. It seems there's two kinds of people, those who will go
online with the status quo, and those who won't: Canada levels out at 53%,
the USA at 59% (since 2000!), Denmark flatlines at 60%, Norway at 54%,
Sweden at 64%, and the UK at 55% ... only Iceland continues unfettered
beyond 60%. Could this be evidence of a usability barrier? If so, it's a
clear signal that there's as much fortune to be gained from a
substantially new Internet interface than all that has been gained so far.
Latest guestimate stats from Ireland's NUA show a flattening Internet
population growth. It seems there's two kinds of people, those who will go
online with the status quo, and those who won't: Canada levels out at 53%,
the USA at 59% (since 2000!), Denmark flatlines at 60%, Norway at 54%,
Sweden at 64%, and the UK at 55% ... only Iceland continues unfettered
beyond 60%. Could this be evidence of a usability barrier? If so, it's a
clear signal that there's as much fortune to be gained from a
substantially new Internet interface than all that has been gained so far.
http://www.nua.ie/surveys/how_many_online/