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Asked to name their single top use for the Internet outside of work, 13% of Western European respondents to a GFK poll cited e-commerce, such as shopping on Amazon.com or eBay, compared with 12% of Americans. In the U.K., 26% of respondents named this as their top use for the Web.
According to a new poll conducted by GFK, in Italy, only 39% of respondents said they have access to the Internet for private purposes. That puts Italy in the same league as Romania (36%) and Bulgaria (37%), two formerly communist countries that rank as the EU’s poorest member states.
Asked whether all Internet content should be free, 42% of European respondents to a GFK poll said “yes,” compared with 21% in the U.S. Also, more Americans (57%) than Europeans (40%) said Internet content should be free with the understanding that advertisements and other marketing tools might be included.
According to a new poll conducted by GFK, there are two countries in Europe that stand out for having particularly high Web access: the Netherlands (91%) and Sweden (86%).
According to a new poll conducted by GFK, across Western Europe, 61% of people say they have access to the Web, either from home, work, an Internet cafe or a mobile device. In the U.S., 75% of respondents said they had similar access. Europe as a whole, including five Central and Eastern European states, lags even farther behind, with only 59% of those surveyed saying they have personal access to the Internet.
According to Brian David, director-adoption and usage for the FCC’s Omnibus Broadband Initiative, the broadband plan may end up establishing goals for broadband adoption rates in the U.S. to rise to the “high 70s” in percentage terms by 2015, with a longer-term target of 88% to 90%. By comparison, he noted that adoption rates in the U.S. of basic home telephone services never got much beyond 95%.
According to Forrester, nearly 16 million new broadband subscribers will emerge in the next five years. More than half of those will materialize in the next 24 months.
According to Brian David, director-adoption and usage for the FCC’s Omnibus Broadband Initiative, estimates say that about 65% of homes in the U.S. subscribe to broadband services currently, while 5% do not have access to broadband services and 30% of homes have access but do not subscribe.
50-80% of homes may get speeds they need from only one provider.
At most 2 providers of fixed broadband services will pass most homes