This means that the Internet commerce market will still be three times more significant to the economy in the United States than in Europe. Although the European countries have a larger collective population than the United States does, the absolute number of people logging on in Europe will be 53.2 million compared with 98 million in the United States by 2001. Europeans are not ready to buy on-line. Europe gets no help from Internet appliances. Telecommunications costs are approximately five times higher in Europe.
Labour costs are higher in Europe.