200m Europeans to be online by 2006

Says Forrester

[Rumbas]

A need to communicate and falling hardware and connection prices are expected to spur Europeans to get online, as internet penetration is predicted to hit 67 per cent, up from 39 per cent last year.

Source: Europemedia [europemedia.net]

[Tor]

What a bright future we have in Europe! Think about all these new groups of users who are searching the Internet for all kinds of products and services.

[brotherhood of LAN]

>>>>Italy is expected to see the most remarkable growth, reaching 68 per cent penetration, or 33.1m regular internet users, by 2006, the report predicts.
>>>>The UK will come a close third, achieving 68 per cent penetration or 32.8m regular users. France will be marginally slower, with just 64 per cent penetration, or 31.3m users, in 2006.

Are the UK and Italy's populations the same?? I thought the UK was larger

[Rumbas]

Here's the Overview [webmasterworld.com].

Italy pop: 57,6m - online 11,6m
UK pop: 57,2m - online 19,5m
Q3 2000 numbers..