RE: FLASH: Internet use in Japan

[Phillip Kerman]

Out of curiosity... what percentage of US internet users have dial-up

connections?  My guess would be far more than 50%.


Phillip


> I don't think those stats are accurate. Japanese do not surf the

> net like we

> do here in the US. Broadband is few and very expensive and access

> rates for

> Internet connections are higher than any place in the world. The Japanese

> are 2nd place behind the US in Internet usage totaling right around 28

> million. But that number is misleading. Half of that is the internet phone

> and most do not spend hours upon hours surfing the web due to

> time limits on

> their access fees.

>



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