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To: Ally who wrote (9935)	2/19/2001 12:39:37 PM
From: Max Fletcher	Respond to of 15615

Ally: check the following message and subsequent ones on the Gilder thread: Message 15367958

To: Ally who wrote (9935)	2/19/2001 1:55:58 PM
From: TechMkt	Respond to of 15615

The bulk of GX's customers are corporations and carriers, but it's nice to see more american's are getting online. Fez _______________________________ Study: More Than Half of U.S. Adults Online Minorities Make Gains, but Gaps Still Exist By Andy Sullivan Reuters WASHINGTON (Feb. 19) - More than half of all adults in the United States have access to the Internet, according to a study released Sunday, as more women, minorities and lower-income families came online in the second half of 2000. The online population more closely resembles the U.S. population as a whole than in the first half of last year, the Pew Internet and American Life Project surveyed of 3,498 Americans found. But the "digital divide" between technological haves and have-nots persists. The study found that the number of adults with Internet access grew in the second half of the year to 104 million from 88 million, a jump to 56 percent from 47 percent of the adult population. For the first time, children were included in the study. Almost three-quarters of students over the age of 12 have Internet access, and 29 percent of those under 12 have access. The greatest gains were among groups that have been historically underrepresented on the Internet -- women, African Americans and Hispanics, and households making between $30,000 and $50,000 per year. Women now make up more than half of the online population, the study found. But demographic gaps still exist. The study found 82 percent of households with more than $75,000 in income had online access, while only 38 percent of those making less than $30,000 could get online. Three quarters of all young adults between 18 and 29 had online access, compared to only 15 percent of adults over the age of 65. E-MAIL, POLITICAL NEWS POPULAR The study, which has a margin of error of 3 percentage points, also found that more Internet users, 56 percent, were going online every day, compared with 52 percent in the first half of 2000. E-mail remained the primary use for most surfers, but the disputed presidential election impacted Web surfing habits as well. Nearly half of all U.S. users got political news from the Internet, up from 38 percent in the first half of the year. Affluent users, men and Republicans were more likely to search for political news. Other popular online activities included searching for hobby or health information and for work-related research. E-commerce gained ground as well, with 52 percent of Internet users surveyed saying they had made a purchase online, an increase of 6 percentage points.