[eccr] Sweden, Denmark beat US as top web-savvy nations

Sweden, Denmark beat US as top web-savvy nations
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Sweden has overtaken the US as the web-savviest nation on the planet,
research by IBM and British magazine The Economist showed. One other
European country, Denmark, was also more aggressive in taking advantage
of the internet than the US, according to the study.

Of the 60 countries surveyed, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan were at the
bottom of the list with 2.37 and 2.52 points respectively out of a
possible 10. Sweden scored 8.67, up from 8.32 a year ago. The US was
little changed at number three with 8.43 points, on par with the
Netherlands and Britain.

The differences were small between the top 14, all scoring more than
eight points as a result of plentiful cheap internet connections,
software and technical support, legal and government frameworks and
internet loving populations. Absent from the top 15 were France and
Italy, which were clearly second league in 'connectivity' and 'consumer
and business adoption'.

Reuters - April 01, 2003
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=2483240

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