June 13, 2002

3:26 PM

When will?? Asia-pacific surpass the US in Internet users? 2005 according to the good folks at BT Internet and their BTExact technology timeline
posted by bitdamaged (4 comments total)

They (author Ian Perason) may or may not be correct about Internet users in 2005, but on the whole his crystal ball looks quite fuzzy (see especially the third message). That's ok, nobody's good at predicting the future. He just gets paid for it.
posted by mlinksva at 4:06 PM on June 13, 2002

BT futurologists = brain damaged. This stuff is almost as bad as
posted by laukf at 4:24 PM on June 13, 2002

BT futurologists = brain damaged. This stuff is almost as bad as Kevin Warwick's stuff.
posted by laukf at 4:25 PM on June 13, 2002

Internet user statistics from the International Telecommunication Union:

Asia: 65,850,500 (1999); 108,231,100 (2000); 156,508,500 (2001).

Oceania: 6,416,500 (1999); 7,653,300 (2000); 8,505,300 (2001).

USA: 102,000,000 (1999); 124,000,000 (2000); 142,823,000 (2001).

Sorry, BTexact, the Asia-Pacific region overtook the US in internet users last year. Can I have my consultant's fee now?
posted by rory at 4:48 AM on June 14, 2002