IP: INTERNET USERS CLIMB TO 92M

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1999 09:02:45 -0400
> To: OpenDTV Mail List <OpenDTV () pcube com>
> From: Craig Birkmaier <craig () pcube com>
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> The Associated Press reports:
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> STUDY: INTERNET USERS CLIMB TO 92M
> A new study from Nielsen Media Research and CommerceNet says that
> the number of American and Canadian Internet users aged 16 and
> older has increased to 92 million, up from 79 million in last
> year's study.  "Nearly half of North America uses the Internet,"
> says CommerceNet's Mark Resch.  "We use it to communicate, to
> learn, to shop, and to buy.  It is as integral a part of our
> lives as the telephone."  The study also found that the number of
> women buying goods online jumped 80 percent over last year.
> Books, CDs, and videos were the most popular items among female
> online buyers, but the number of women buying PCs online jumped
> 160 percent to 1.3 million.  Still, men account for 62 percent of
> online sales, and make up 54 percent of people online, the study
> says.  (Associated Press 06/18/99)