Sunday, March 11, 2007
Canadians ahead in internet use
Sometimes, it seems no country really wants to be first in on-line connectivity.
There are a lot of organizations and programs that are dependent on the belief that government intervention is needed to improve the nation's internet performance. Not just in Canada, but worldwide, countries are trying to find the right formula for regulation and policy incentives to ensure that their citizens aren't left on the wrong side of the Digital Divide.
We worry about industrial competitiveness. Rural residents look for all the advantages of the city, without the traffic, high real estate prices and taxes.
Now we find out that Canada is number one in at least one area: monthly hours online. We beat out Israel and South Korea for top honours according to Comscore.
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There are a lot of organizations and programs that are dependent on the belief that government intervention is needed to improve the nation's internet performance. Not just in Canada, but worldwide, countries are trying to find the right formula for regulation and policy incentives to ensure that their citizens aren't left on the wrong side of the Digital Divide.
We worry about industrial competitiveness. Rural residents look for all the advantages of the city, without the traffic, high real estate prices and taxes.
Now we find out that Canada is number one in at least one area: monthly hours online. We beat out Israel and South Korea for top honours according to Comscore.
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Posted by Mark Goldberg @ 3/11/2007 08:55:00 AM 
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Maybe our rankings on the OECD's rankings on such things as competitiveness, productivity, innovation (as measured by the number of patents filed), etc. if we weren't online so much!!!
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: 11:13 AM, March 11, 2007
Hmm. I wonder about how they define online use. Are they tracking web surfing or just whether the computer is online and connected to the internet?
Many people leave their computers online at night. Also, many others use the internet for file transfers so I'm not sure how the ranking is based.
And also since many rural areas are still on dial up, it's not surprising that they will have to be online a bit longer than the average metropolitan user with broadband access.
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Many people leave their computers online at night. Also, many others use the internet for file transfers so I'm not sure how the ranking is based.
And also since many rural areas are still on dial up, it's not surprising that they will have to be online a bit longer than the average metropolitan user with broadband access.
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