A] How many people subscribed to the internet in 2007? How many of these were for business use? How many for home use?

This diagram shows that in 2009 there were a great amount of people using the internet.

B] Look at the access technologies heading. How many more people are using broadband since 2005? Remember that you have to add 000 to the numbers.

DIAL UP
Business and government - 188 000
Household- 717 000

Non dial-up
Household : 6 605 000
Business and Government : 1 440 000

3. Why did the data transfer rates vary? [Hint: think of what happens when an eight lane highway moves into a two lane highway?]

Transfer rates can vary due to the fact that many other people will be on the internet at the same time. School computers are all linked to one internet source so it becomes slower, if other people across the world use the same internet provdier than it becomes congested.