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To: donkeyman who wrote (905)	5/25/1999 8:41:00 PM
From: Jeffrey D	Respond to of 3519

Unfortunately, X-Stream not mentioned in this story. Jeff << INTERNET WORLD: UK Internet penetration smashes through 10 million barrier -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Story Filed: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 7:20 PM EST MAY 25, 1999, M2 Communications - New research to be launched at this week's Internet World UK '99 (May 25-27 at Earl's Court 2) reveals the number of Internet users in the UK now exceeds 10 million. Over three million new net denizens have arrived in cyberspace in the five months since Christmas, mainly attracted by the availability of free Internet access provided by free ISPs like Dixon's Freeserve and competing services from the likes of Tesco, Barclay's, Waterstones and Egg from Prudential. Results from two new research studies, both conducted by UK research house Fletcher Research, will receive their first airing at Internet World. Together the two studies - one covering 2000 UK households and the other centring on data drawn from 39,000 UK-based respondents - represent the largest online surveys completed in the UK. According to William Reeve, Head of Internet Practice at Fletcher Research, the data throws up some interesting dichotomies, not least the fact that despite breaching the 10 million barrier, the Internet remains a place for the more highly educated and better remunerated Briton. "We might have expected to see some shake up of the traditional, almost cliched, perception of the UK Internet user as male, university educated, aged under 45 and affluent," he said. "While almost a quarter of all UK Internet users are now over 45 (up from 19 per cent in December 1998) and almost four out of every 10 Internet users are female (up from under three a year ago), the entire UK Internet population remains resolutely affluent. Over 80 per cent of users are from the ABC1 socio-economic bracket. The Internet in Britain is still not a mass market phenomenon." The research goes into detail about the impact that free ISP services are having on the market. It also highlights trends and volumes in UK online shopping, Internet usage patterns and other demographical data such as media consumption, on-line advertising and personal finance on-line. The main results from the two surveys are to be made available at a keynote address by William Reeve at Internet World on Wednesday 26 May at 2.00pm (Room K04). >>

To: donkeyman who wrote (905)	5/25/1999 8:46:00 PM
From: Jeffrey D	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 3519

Funny MSN UK story. Jeff << Microsoft UK Boss Attacks British Attitudes to the Net May 25, 1999 By John Lewell England Correspondent UK News Archives [London] David Svendsen, the head of Microsoft UK, Tuesday savaged UK attitudes to the Internet in his keynote address at Internet World '99 in London. He not only attacked the government's record in formulating e-commerce policy, but he also criticised UK business for its slowness in grasping online opportunities. "Time is running out, and it may already be too late," said Svendsen, warning that the chance to get onto the e-commerce bandwagon would not last for long. Among his specific criticisms, Svendsen referred to the government's slowness in dealing with the issues that face a rapidly-moving industry. In particular, he pointed to the difficulties in bringing out the Electronic Commerce Bill and the government's alleged attempts to control the Internet. Even the promise to deliver all government services by 2008 was "three years too late," according to Svendsen. Nor did Svendsen end at that point. He lamented the fact that not enough people are online in the UK -- and that those who are online do not use the Internet effectively. Worst of all: not enough people attended Svendsen's talk, a fact to which he drew attention before beginning his address. >>