72 percent of cell phone owners in Japan access the Internet with their phone; 6 percent of cell owners in America do (Accenture) ... Internet shoppers overestimate their spending by 55 percent (comScore Networks) ... A CD that takes 148 keystrokes to purchase online with a PC requires 366 on a WAP phone (Institute for Strategic Change) ... Domestic DVD rentals will exceed $2.3 billion in 2001, up from $110 million in 1999 (Adams Media Research) ... By the end of last year, 218 million miles of single-mode fiber - the kind used in fiber-optic lines - were installed worldwide (KMI Corp.) ... The fertility rate in 79 countries is below the level needed to sustain their populations over the long run (World Population Organization) ... In Austria, France, and Switzerland, the average number of adults over 30 killed annually by long-term exposure to automobile air pollution exceeds auto accident deaths for all age groups combined (World Health Organization)
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