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<blockquote data-quote="kenobi65" data-source="post: 3406822" data-attributes="member: 1515">Well, the distinction is between &quot;has Internet access&quot; and &quot;uses the Internet for gaming information / research.&quot;According to the <a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/index.asp" target="_blank">Pew Internet and American Life Project</a>, in December 2006, 70% of U.S. adults reported using the Internet.&nbsp; Internet usage skews highly by education level and income (details are <a href="http://www.pewinternet.org/trends/User_Demo_1.11.07.htm" target="_blank">here</a> ).I would expect that gamers as a whole would skew higher than that 70% on Internet access.&nbsp; But, I'd also concur that, at least IME, it doesn't mean that they're using the Internet for gaming info.&nbsp; I'm in 3 different gaming groups; every single member of those groups is online, and at least uses e-mail (that's how we schedule game dates, and is how we've done it for several years now).&nbsp; However, of the 20 or so gamers across those three groups, AFAIK, I'm the only one who does things like visit gaming message boards, buy PDFs, etc.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kenobi65, post: 3406822, member: 1515"] Well, the distinction is between "has Internet access" and "uses the Internet for gaming information / research." According to the [URL=http://www.pewinternet.org/index.asp]Pew Internet and American Life Project[/URL], in December 2006, 70% of U.S. adults reported using the Internet. Internet usage skews highly by education level and income (details are [URL=http://www.pewinternet.org/trends/User_Demo_1.11.07.htm]here[/URL] ). I would expect that gamers as a whole would skew higher than that 70% on Internet access. But, I'd also concur that, at least IME, it doesn't mean that they're using the Internet for gaming info. I'm in 3 different gaming groups; every single member of those groups is online, and at least uses e-mail (that's how we schedule game dates, and is how we've done it for several years now). However, of the 20 or so gamers across those three groups, AFAIK, I'm the only one who does things like visit gaming message boards, buy PDFs, etc. [/QUOTE]

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