Non-Commercial Usage of WWW Resources Internet Access Gained Through The high incidence of local and national internet access providers is notable. Access through national providers, AOL and Compuserve, came late in the survey. Thus, the percent of people gaining access through these providers should increase even further.
Shopping is relatively uncommon as a principal motivation, once again.
As before, Europeans are more serious of purpose, and less into shopping. However, price and quality must be right. More details on what that might entail are forthcoming. European respondents are less willing to pay than are the North Americans. A separate analysis shows that those with education related jobs are least willing to pay.