It is amazing how much the internet influences our lives. I was shocked when I saw there are 1.7 billion users on the internet. Professor Drake had the link in his power point to Internet World Stats and what was even more shocking was how much internet usage there was in Asia. When I think of the internet, I would of definitely thought the United States would have been the leader in usage. Not surprisingly, China is the largest country in Asia for internet usage counting for almost half of Asia. China is also the largest country in the world for internet usage, and in turn has the largest telecom market in the world.
Even though China has the largest internet usage, only 26.9% of the population have access. Just imagine how many more people would be on the internet if the Chinese had the same market as the United States. That would put the Chinese internet to almost one billion users just in that country. Since the Chinese government has such an influence on the internet, the Chinese telecom market has fallen behind. However, in recent years, the Chinese government is allowing the market to flourish and many economists see China to dominate the 21st century.
Hi, JeffGeer
ReplyDeleteI come from China. China has the largest internet usage because of our population. It's large but not strong.
Yeah, I can see this because of the population and how big Asia has grown to be. Alot of the businesses are growing and using the Internet more for everyday business and transactions.
ReplyDeleteThat was pretty interesting. I would have assumed the United States had more internet users as well. It's also interesting how we live on the internet and we just assume this is how everybody is! It never even crossed my mind that the rest of the world does not have the resources to use the internet as frequently as we do. Thanks for the insight Jeff!
ReplyDeleteI cant believe china has the most internet users and yet only 26.9% of the population is online! I never would have guessed that so many people dont have access! It really makes one realize how lucky we are here in America. i found some interesting data online that showed Africa's and the Middle East's internet usage % has jumped by over 1000% from 2009-2010, eventhough the total % of internet usage on a global level is minimal at best. check it out here at : http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
ReplyDeleteI find it extremely interesting that Asia is number one when it comes to internet usage. While it makes complete sense, as their populations outnumber North America's by far, I just had never given the idea much thought. I am now intrigued by the thought that the amount of information on the internet is so much larger than I thought. I have never even attempted to look at websites from other countries, but now that I am thinking about it the information available must be astronomical.
ReplyDeleteI find it extremely interesting that Asia is number one when it comes to internet usage. While it makes complete sense, as their populations outnumber North America's by far, I just had never given the idea much thought. I am now intrigued by the thought that the amount of information on the internet is so much larger than I thought. I have never even attempted to look at websites from other countries, but now that I am thinking about it the information available must be astronomical.
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