Sometime in the first weeks of 2015, someone will become the three-billionth person to connect to the internet. So says the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), which on Monday emitted a new batch of statistics about how humanity connects. Person three-billion will probably be in what the ITU calls, but does not …

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Tuesday 6th May 2014 03:55 GMT Anonymous Coward

The September that never ended

Happened 20 years ago, and there were probably only 30 million internet users back then. No wonder it is such a messed up place now with 100x as many!

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Tuesday 6th May 2014 05:07 GMT Anonymous Coward

They come over here...

...taking our Internets. Send 'em back!

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Tuesday 6th May 2014 06:26 GMT Light Bulb Descendant

Prize

There should be a prize for the 3 billionth person online. It could be announced with a flashing banner ad on the webpage they visit which links them to their prize...

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1. Wednesday 7th May 2014 00:27 GMT Euripides Pants
  
  Re: Prize
  
  Boner pills! Gotta be boner pills!
  
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Tuesday 6th May 2014 07:45 GMT Chris Miller

Apparently

According to that table, (almost) no-one in the UK gets <2Mb. Since I personally know a couple of people who struggle to get >1Mb from their ADSL, I have my doubts ...

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1. Tuesday 6th May 2014 09:09 GMT Matt 21
  
  Re: Apparently
  
  There's a big difference between the advertised speed and what you actually get of an evening. That seems to be a bigger problem in the UK than some other countries I've lived in. On that basis the stats are fairly useless.
  
  To be honest I'm not convinced about the number of "connected" people stats either.
  
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Tuesday 6th May 2014 08:10 GMT Tom 7

The title suggests porn is still doing well.

NT (no tissue)

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Tuesday 6th May 2014 18:58 GMT Anonymous Coward

Remember when there only where 150 million persons online

I feel like a pioneer!

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