How Men & Women Use The Internet

Source: http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2005/How-Women-and-Men-Use-the-Internet.aspx

6 Overviews:

1. Men use the Internet more than women, generally speaking...

2. However, younger women outpace their male counterparts, but older women lag behind.

3. E-Mail Usage: Women e-mail more than men for a variety of reasons, but men use e-mail more than women on connecting to various organizations.

4. Men are more knowledgeable about technology than women.

5. There are more participants of men on the Internet than women.

6. Both men & women value the Internet when it comes to the plethora of information it contains.

Enough said. Women are on the come-up when it comes to new discoveries of Internet uses, but men are so far ahead in the race, it'll take some time before women can truly say they've equaled men on Internet impact. Only time will tell & it's just one click away.

Bond/Bridging Sites (3 Examples)

3 Bonding Websites (or types of websites):

1. Almost all the sports sites offer Fantasy Leagues, so here's a few examples:

http://sports.yahoo.com/fantasy

http://www.cbssports.com/fantasy

http://www.head2head.com/

You even find that some fantasy sport participants aren't even that well-versed in certain sports.

2. MySpace, Facebook & now Twitter are certainly at the top of the class when it comes to social bonding, virtually, that is.

3. For Hip-Hop listeners, a plethora of sites are available, just to name a few:

allhiphop.com

worldstarhiphop.com

hiphopdx.com

rapradar.com

3 Bridging Websites:

1. Amazon.com. For all the shoppers that don't want to wait in line, but don't mind their orders taking a few weeks, it's a way to not just see what's available, but what the thoughts & opinions of others are, that could weigh in when you shop for something.

2. YouTube.com. This is really a no-brainer. if we really want to see what everyone is talking about, we automatically think YouTube. It's conditioned in our brains!

3. Yahoo.com. Everyone has had to have used yahoo at some point(?)

FCC & Internet Access vs. Providers

According to pcworld.com & other news sources, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission & Chairman Julius Genachowski are creating new rules & regulations that prohibit ISP's (mainly telecommunications & cable providers) from clogging up the Internet flow with unnecessary traffic that could slow up Internet usage. It was first proposed in 2005, but has since been met with merit of controversy, from providers such as Comcast & AT&T.

-The notice of proposed rulemaking will look not only into net neutrality rules on traditional wired broadband networks, but also explore whether to impose new rules on broadband networks offered by mobile phone carriers, the FCC said. Genachowski said he wants all six principles to apply to all platforms that access the Internet. (http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/172312/fcc_chairman_calls_for_formal_net_neutrality_rules.html)

-Several broadband providers have opposed formal net neutrality rules, saying they could hamper provider efforts to roll out new services and manage their networks, and to protect against attacks and bandwidth hogs. (http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/172312/fcc_chairman_calls_for_formal_net_neutrality_rules.html)

-UBS analyst John Hodulik said extending the principles to the wireless arena is going to be "a bit difficult because the regulation of wireless is very different than the regulation of the wireline networks, where the FCC has played a much stronger role." (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jgJce6q7W6GS_qlPWspwJQO998ZgD9AQKBL80) - A.P.

-There are four existing broadband principles that would be formalized:

-- Consumers are entitled to access the lawful Internet content of their choice.

-- Consumers are entitled to run applications and use services of their choice, subject to the needs of law enforcement.

-- Consumers are entitled to connect their choice of legal devices that do not harm the network.

-- Consumers are entitled to competition among network providers, application and service providers, and content providers.

(http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/172312/fcc_chairman_calls_for_formal_net_neutrality_rules.html)

IMO: It's the FCC, so you never know how it's going to go. If it's anything that isn't going to disrupt my internet usage, I'm in. Just my take on this, instead of mandatory regulation, which, in theory, can (i mean that loosely) work, take a trial period first, say 2-4 months, & if there's any issues, re-work it. If it FLOPS HARD, scratch that & get back to the drawing board. I'm all for protecting the internet, just not if I have to compromise my internet usage. I'm pretty sure we could all agree on that.

Additional Sources:

(http://www.smartbrief.com/news/ctia/storyDetails.jsp?issueid=D15B55EE-7758-4122-816A-5CECB9277D6D&copyid=D1DBC4D4-5F6F-460D-BFFC-CB142DC95FD0)

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_neutrality)

Internet World Stats: Observations

Source: http://www.internetworldstats.com/

Five 0bservations according to (http://www.internetworldstats.com/):

1. Asia has a WHOLE LOT of internet users (702 mil.), let alone people.

2. China has about as many users(338 mil.) as the U.S. has citizens (340 mil.). In Fact, that's just a quarter of their population.

3. Only 20% of the world is on the internet. Go Figure!

4. This may come to a shock to no one, but North Korea Has NO ONE ON THE INTERNET!

5. Out of all the European Countries, Norway has the highest percentage (85.7%), but Germany has the most people on the internet (55+ mil.).