gary s news service at URL has an article on internet saturation let me ask you if you were on a rock in the middle of the atlantic mostly in the dark for half the year wouldn t you like a bit of internet distraction they ve already done the obvious and fiber ringed the island eirikur latest guestimate stats from ireland s nua show a flattening internet population growth it seems there s two kinds of people those who will go online with the status quo and those who won t canada levels out at NUMBER the usa at NUMBER since NUMBER denmark flatlines at NUMBER norway at NUMBER sweden at NUMBER and the uk at NUMBER only iceland continues unfettered beyond NUMBER could this be evidence of a usability barrier if so it s a clear signal that there s as much fortune to be gained from a substantially new internet interface than all that has been gained so far latest guestimate stats from ireland s nua show a flattening internet population growth it seems there s two kinds of people those who will go online with the status quo and those who won t canada levels out at NUMBER the usa at NUMBER since NUMBER denmark flatlines at NUMBER norway at NUMBER sweden at NUMBER and the uk at NUMBER only iceland continues unfettered beyond NUMBER could this be evidence of a usability barrier if so it s a clear signal that there s as much fortune to be gained from a substantially new internet interface than all that has been gained so far URL 