REACHING FAR

REACHING FAR
Access
Statistics about Internet use:
Worldwide, roughly 1 in 10 people has Internet access.
Iceland boasts the highest share of Internet users in the world -- 6.7 per 10 -- followed by South Korea (6.1), Sweden (5.7), Australia (5.7), and the United States (5.5).
Alaska was the most wired state in the United States in 2000, with 64 percent of households online. Mississippi had the lowest Internet penetration with 37 percent.
By 2003, a fifth of U.S. households had speedy, high-bandwidth connections -- double the share in 2001.
Roughly half the world's Internet traffic passes through Virginia, home to many large online firms.
Source: International Telecommunication Union; U.S. Census, U.S. Commerce Department, State of Virginia