Who's on t'Internet then?

There are a lot of statistics bandied about regarding the internet, all massive numbers in this modern world that demands almost everyone have at least a rudimentary connection to the World Wide Web.
One survey carried out by the National Statistics Omnibus Survey in April 2006 estimated that 13.9 million households in the UK alone had access to the internet, a figure that has increased to 15 million by 2007. The graph below visually shows the exponential expansion of internet connectivity in the UK.

Percentage of households with access to the Internet in GB

Now, that statistic is just households - we aren't talking working environments here (of which I would have thought that nearly all businesses are connected to the Internet), and most importantly we haven't even considered the amount of people on the net.

These ever increasing numbers just go some way to show how the internet has invaded every aspect of our lives. A lot of India and the Middle East was recently crippled when an undersea cable carrying 'the internet' was severely damaged, leaving millions without basic internet connectivity, and the results were fairly catastrophic.

It acts as a firm reminder that the incredible service that is the internet is something not to be taken for granted, and could destroy societies just as quickly as it helped build and reinforce them.