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Tuesday, February 05, 2002
http://www.msnbc.com/news/699335.asp?0si=- Report: For first time, more than half of U.S. population on Net By Yochi J. Dreazen, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 — Internet use continued to grow rapidly last year, with new government data showing that the number of Americans using the Web in 2001 passed 50 percent of the population for the first time. THE COMMERCE Department report, set for release Tuesday, found that 143 million Americans, or 54 percent of the country, were using the Internet as of September. The number was up 26 percent from a year earlier.... The report also showed a narrowing of the so-called digital divide separating wealthy, urban Americans from poor ones, minorities, and those living in rural areas....
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