At the bottom of the list is Ireland, where 800,000 homes are wired and New Zealand, with 1.3 million. France lagging While the rest of Europe's online community grows, France lags far behind the other major powers in terms of Internet access, the report said. One reason may be that since the 1980s, the French have been using Minitel, an information network established by the largest French telephone company, said Nielsen director of analytics David Day. While it is third from the bottom in terms of home access, Finland is ripe for the picking, Day said. Landline telephones are on the decrease in the Nordic country, while wireless communication is spiking.
Day thinks Finland is well-placed for wireless Internet applications and devices.
Nielsen also found that most Internet users have Web access at home, rather than work. The only exception was Switzerland, where the rate was almost a coin toss, the survey found. Switzerland does lead in one category measured by the report. Find out how. Specials LCD Projectors.