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India : French fear they are missing out when not connected to the net [TendersInfo (India)](TendersInfo (India) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Tata Communications, a leading provider of A New World of Communications , whose network is used by over 24% of the world s internet routes, today announces the results of its global study, titled Connected World ll, which reveals that the surveyed French spend the least time online compared to other nations, but have a strong emotional attachment to it. The survey finds that only 15% of French national respondents use the Internet for six or more hours every day. Despite this, nearly two-thirds (62% of respondents) of those surveyed say that they suffer from FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) when left without internet access. The report captures responses from 9,417 internet users globally to better understand how users engage and connect with the Internet today. Over 1,750 respondents from France participated in the study. About 2.5 billion people are connected to the Internet today, that s a third of the world s population. By 2020, the number of connected devices is expected to rise to 26 billion 2 . With so many users checking in online each day, it may come as a surprise to learn that many still do not fully understand how the Internet works. Only half of all global respondents accurately identify where the Internet resides (in network connected data centres), while 82% do not know that the fastest mode of internet delivery to their device is through sub-sea cables. 64% of respondents incorrectly believe that the Internet is infinite and 70% incorrectly state that everyone owns the Internet. While nearly a third of the world s surveyed internet users spend six hours or more per day actively using the Internet, dependence is much lower for French respondents. Only 21% of the 15-35 year old sample group spend six or more hours online in France, vs. 60% of the Americans surveyed and 37% of the British respondents in this age group. The average daily use in France for respondents is 4.2 hours against a daily global figure of 5.1 hours for other respondents. Only the German respondents spend less time online with 4.1 as the average daily figure of internet interaction. 67% of those surveyed in France do not know that the Internet resides in data centres. This is the highest percentage of respondents from all the nations surveyed with 46% of Germans, 50% of British, 47% of Americans and 40% of Indians being unable to answer correctly. Despite this, French respondents are quick to acknowledge the benefits delivered by the Internet with 76% of those participating citing the ability for instant global connection as the key benefit delivered today and one-quarter believing that the most inspirational benefit the Internet will give us in the future will be light speed connectivity. (c) 2014 Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info). |