[CC] CONNECTIVITY KINGS: OH CANADA

[George(s) Lessard]

CONNECTIVITY KINGS: OH CANADA
Fast Forward 3.0, a report from the Canadian E-Business Opportunities
Roundtable, has revealed that Canadians are leading the U.S. in wired
homes, with 60% of Canadians online compared to 52% of Americans.  In
other comparisons, funding from the Canadian venture capital community
dropped only 27%, while in the U.S. disbursements dropped 65%.  Despite
the large online population, only 17% of Canadians shop online, compared
to 27% in the United States.  Analysts point to several reasons for the
disparity, including population diversity, cultural differences, and
problems shopping online at U.S.-based companies. According to Shirley-Ann
George, government program executive with IBM Canada and a member of the
roundtable support team, "There are a lot of obstacles to purchasing over
the Internet in Canada that don't apply to Americans." [SOURCE: Wired,
AUTHOR: Charles Mandel]
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,51678,00.html

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