Net Population Now 50 Million-Plus

Research firm IDC expects 30 percent of all PCs and NCs to be connected to the Internet by year-end.

As of last month, the number of people using the Internet passed 50 million, according to International Data Corp. research.

There were 53.3 million worldwide users of the Internet in September, and 44.2 million of those users also used the World Wide Web, according to IDC. The non-Web Internet users are mostly using e-mail.

The Internet is expected to reach 60 million users and the Web will reach 50 million users by the end of this year, a jump of 26 million Internet users and 22.4 million Web users. IDC also expects 30 percent of PCs and NCs worldwide to be connected to the Internet by year%squots end .

IDC expects purchases via the Web to surpass $10 million, with two-thirds coming from business-to-business transactions. The Web itself has grown from 72 million pages last December to 200 million pages in September. IDC and PC World Online are owned by International Data Group.

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