Internet Usage on the Rise
I was looking through a couple blog posts to get an idea of something to write about and I decided that internet usage was a good topic to look at. I think the internet is the number 1 technology that is really making the world come together and making globilization happen. It's so easy for countries and different peoples to instantly connect and I think the internet is going to play a large part in making the world globalized.I found this website that has data that tracks internet data over the last few years. On this page I've linked to it has tracked back even to the year 2000 to now and it's amazing to see the percentage by which internet usage has grown. For example, internet usage in Uzbekistan has grown over 11,500% just in the last 5 years. I think the exact stat is 7,500 to 880,000. I think an increase this much is so amazing to see, it's amazing that almost near a million people got online just in one country over a period of 5 years. This is almost like everyone in Minneapolis, St. Paul, Eden Prairie, Burnsville, and Minnetonka not being on the internet in the year 2000 and then everyone in these cities getting online by this year. I think for the world to truly globalize and connect together, the internet is going to be the number one thing that will help establish this. Number one.
posted by Kevin Hurd @ 2/03/2006 10:21:00 PM
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I think your suggestion that the internet has had a significant impact on globalization is accurate. Sometime in 2005 the world hit one billion internet users (link here http://www.useit.com/alertbox/internet_growth.html )
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This is a technology that will continue to significantly shape our lives, and the world, in the years to come. 10 years aga we couldn't have had a classroom blog to share and discuss our ideas, or such quick access to world news and information that satisfies our curiousity. It will be fun to see what the future brings.
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