Online info from Germany

The number of Germans using the Internet at home increased to 16.3 million

[Ove]

A new study from NetValue estimates the number of Germans using the Internet at home 16,3 MIll this April, up from 14,4 Mill April 2001.

The 17-million mark was broken at the end of April, with 682,000 new German users surfing the Internet from their homes that month, the company reported.

61,6% of home users were male. Age distribution as follows:

0 - 24 = 27,5
25 - 34 = 23,7 %
35 - 49 = 32,7 %
over 50 = 16,2

Source Idg

Source Idg [idg.net]

/Ove

[edited by: heini at 1:40 pm (utc) on June 13, 2002]

[heini]

Thanks, Ove. I guess figures for June will be less favourable. Fine weather and Worldcup - my traffic has gone down significantly..

[EliteWeb]

My sister went to Germany a few weeks back and is still there. However she told me unlike the USA they have to pay per minute for the Internet + the AOL fees. I'd figure with so many people using the net the time/rates would be lifted is this something only for that area she is in or do Germans all around Germany face the rates?

[sudden]

I´m from Germany and have a "flat fee" dsl connection. This is very popular in Germany. Flat fee DSL access is usually priced around 25,- Euro a month for the ISP and about the same amount for the telefone / splitter "infrastructure" at home.

In the eastern part of Germany however (the former GDR) DSL is not available in many areas. After the reunion, one of the world´s best fibre optical networks was build in the eastern part of Germany. Funny thing is, DSL only works with the old copper cables.. ;) So in these areas, you have the best technical infrastructure in the world - and go online with 64KBit.