30 Million Blogs And Counting . . .
There’s been some recent chatter about whether we’re entering the twilight of the blogs, even though it feels like we’re only in the late morning. Noon, at the latest.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/25/AR2006022500229.html

nz: Kiwis second largest web users
A new survey shows New Zealanders are the second-largest users of the internet in the world. … The biggest uptake was in Malta, where 78.1% access the web. New Zealand was followed by Iceland, Sweden, Denmark, Hong Kong, then Australia, the United States, Canada and Norway.
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/488120/662603

uk: Broadband growth speeds forward
Broadband accounts for 64% of all net connections in the UK, according to official figures.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4736526.stm

About 40 million Americans were browsing the web just for fun or to pass the time on a typical day in December 2005.

Worldwide Internet Users Top 1 Billion in 2005
The worldwide number of Internet users surpassed 1 billion in 2005 — up from only 45M in 1995 and 420M in 2000.
http://c-i-a.com/pr0106.htm

Cellphone sex a success in Europe; will it play in U.S.?
It may never be quite that easy. But cellphone pornography is a fast-growing business that analysts expect will generate about $2 billion in global revenue by 2009.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/wireless/2006-01-26-cellphone-porn_x.htm
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=10990303