Kai

I think the main problem with those statistics is that Australia is a very unique place ethnicity and population-wise. The millions of international students that use the internet (I'd guess) 10 times more when it comes to daily time spent online already change the numbers significantly. Australia only has 21 mio residents and so many temporary ppl that have to use the internet to stay connected with their folks overseas. It would be interested to know how many "real" Australians use the internet regularly - including regional areas. I'm sure they statistics would be much, much worse. Coming from Germany, Australia feels about 5 years behind Germany and 8 years behind the US in that industry. No surprise to me. I'm paying AUD $70 per month for my DSL connection which would cost me about 15 Euros in Germany.