Interactive Internet

On the website Pewinternet.org I was able to view many studies that intrigue me, such as "Teens and Mobile Phones Over the Past Five Years..." From 2004 to 2008 cell phone ownership among teens has climb from from 45% to 71% and in comparison adult cell phone ownership rose from 77% to 85%.

Another study that caught my attention being an internet user that often watch videos online was "The Audience for Online Video-Sharing Sites Shoots Up" While the last study in 2006 showed that 33% of adults watching video, in 2008 it rose to 62%. The study also shows that 19% of internet use is to watch videos.

Last study I wish to report on is "Wireless Internet Use" this statistic surprise me to some extent, 56% of adults access the internet wirelessly via laptops or game counsels or phones.

FCC looks to regulate Internet Service Providers

Internet providers might have to make it even for everybody. On the campaign trail, then candidate Obama made promise and on Monday the FCC will announce their plan that will not allow Internet Providers to charge more for more bandwidth. sometimes applications are slowed online that would allow customers to watch TV shows so that the viewer do not shut off the TV to hop on the internet.

I agree with the upcoming propose regulation. The internet should be an equal playing field for everyone, I feel the internet belong to the people and should not be based off the more money you have the better internet you can receive.

FCC rules to boost Internet neutrality

Daniel Lovering, Associated Press

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/20/MNGS19PLLQ.DTL#ixzz0RkzsBdKX

Though Asia has the larger population that are online, America has a higher percentage of the population online. Asia has a percentage of 18.5% and the USA 73.9 %.

WORLD INTERNET USAGE AND POPULATION STATISTICS
World Regions	Population ( 2009 Est.)	Internet Users Dec. 31, 2000	Internet Users Latest Data	Penetration (% Population)	Growth 2000-2009	Users % of Table
Africa	991,002,342	4,514,400	65,903,900	6.7 %	1,359.9 %	3.9 %
Asia	3,808,070,503	114,304,000	704,213,930	18.5 %	516.1 %	42.2 %
Europe	803,850,858	105,096,093	402,380,474	50.1 %	282.9 %	24.2 %
Middle East	202,687,005	3,284,800	47,964,146	23.7 %	1,360.2 %	2.9 %
North America	340,831,831	108,096,800	251,735,500	73.9 %	132.9 %	15.1 %
Latin America/Caribbean	586,662,468	18,068,919	175,834,439	30.0 %	873.1 %	10.5 %
Oceania / Australia	34,700,201	7,620,480	20,838,019	60.1 %	173.4 %	1.2 %
WORLD TOTAL	6,767,805,208	360,985,492	1,668,870,408	24.7 %	362.3 %	100.0 %
NOTES: (1) Internet Usage and World Population Statistics are for June 30, 2009. (2) CLICK on each world region name for detailed regional usage information. (3) Demographic (Population) numbers are based on data from the US Census Bureau . (4) Internet usage information comes from data published by Nielsen Online, by the International Telecommunications Union, byGfK, local Regulators and other reliable sources. (5) For definitions, disclaimer, and navigation help, please refer to the Site Surfing Guide. (6) Information in this site may be cited, giving the due credit to www.internetworldstats.com. Copyright © 2001 - 2009, Miniwatts Marketing Group. All rights reserved worldwide.

Africa and The Middle East had the highest percentage growth of internet connection from 2000 to 2009 both about 1,360% in 9 years.

Nigeria has the most connected internet users in Africa with 11,000,000 people.

Latin American Internet Usage LATIN AMERICA COUNTRIES / REGIONS Population ( Est. 2009 ) Internet Users,Latest Data % Population ( Penetration ) User Growth ( 2000-2009 ) % Users in Table Argentina 40,913,584 20,000,000 48.9 % 700.0 % 11.6 % Bolivia 9,775,246 1,000,000 10.2 % 733.3 % 0.6 % Brazil 198,739,269 67,510,400 34.0 % 1,250.2 % 39.3 % Chile 16,601,707 8,368,719 50.4 % 376.2 % 4.9 % Colombia 43,677,372 18,234,822 41.7 % 1,976.9 % 10.6 % Costa Rica 4,253,877 1,500,000 35.3 % 500.0 % 0.9 % Cuba 11,451,652 1,450,000 12.7 % 2,316.7 % 0.8 % Dominican Republic 9,650,054 3,000,000 31.1 % 5,354.5 % 1.7 % Ecuador 14,573,101 1,634,828 11.2 % 808.2 % 1.0 % El Salvador 7,185,218 763,000 10.6 % 1,807.5 % 0.4 % Guatemala 13,276,517 1,320,000 9.9 % 1,930.8 % 0.8 % Honduras 7,833,696 658,500 8.4 % 1.546.3 % 0.4 % Mexico 111,211,789 27,400,000 24.6 % 910.2 % 15.9 % Nicaragua 5,891,199 155,000 2.6 % 210.0 % 0.1 % Panama 3,360,474 778,800 23.2 % 1,630.7 % 0.5 % Paraguay 6,995,655 530,300 7.6 % 2,551.5 % 0.3 % Peru 29,546,963 7,636,400 25.8 % 205.5 % 0.6 % Puerto Rico 3,966,213 1,000,000 25.2 % 400.0 % 0.6 % Uruguay 3,494,382 1,340,000 38.3 % 262.2 % 0.8 % Venezuela 26,814,843 7,552,570 28.2 % 695.0 % 4.4 % TOTAL 569,212,811 171,833,339 30.2 % 865.7 % 100.0 % NOTES: (1) Latin American Internet Usage and Population Statistics were updated for June 30, 2009. (2) CLICK on each country name to see detailed data for individual countries and regions. (3) Population numbers are based on data from theU.S. Census Bureau. (4) The most recent usage comes mainly from data published by Nielsen-Online , ITU , and trustworthy local sources. (5) Data on this site may be cited, giving the due credit and establishing an active link back toInternet World Stats . (6) For definitions and help, see the site surfing guide. Copyright © 2009, Miniwatts Marketing Group. All rights reserved.

In the Latin America Countries it seems that Brazil has the most connected users with 67,510,400 people.

The Dominican Republic had the most surge in user growth percentage wise with 5,354.5%.