With respect to Internet Traffic thoguht some might find this related piece of research, out of the Pew Internet Research Group, of interest. Steve -- Stephen Biggs, MA PhD Candidate, Clinical Psychology Psychology Department, York University 4700 Keele, Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3 Vox (416) 780-1362 Fax (416) 780-1698 Quoting Amanda Lenhart <alenhart@pewinternet.org>:
How Americans Used the Internet After the Terror Attack WASHINGTON, DC-- Americans, including Internet users, relied mostly on TV for their news and the phone primarily for their communication needs in the days following the terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon. But for many online Americans, the Internet played a useful supplemental
role as a communications tool through their use of email and instant messaging and as a news source. In addition, many Internet users were
highly active in their communities in responding to the attacks.
The Pew Internet & American Life Project has released a report titled "How Americans Used the Internet After the Terror Attack," detailing how Americans did and did not use various forms of technology on Sept 11 and
12, 2001.
In the two days after the terror attack, three quarters of all Americans
(74%) reached out to loved ones and friends by the phone or by the Internet. Some 82% of Internet users used the phone or email to make contact with people they care about in the first 48 hours after the attacks.
For more details, please visit http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=45 for the full text of the report.
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