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Pwned by the Internet: Explorative research into the causes and consequences of compulsive internet use
The first internet service provider (ISP) in the Netherlands (XS4ALL) started to provide internet access
to private persons in 1993. A few years later, in 1996, less than 5% of the Dutch households had internet
access. Now, 10 years later, this figure has risen to nearly 80%, which implies that about 11,000,000
Dutch inhabitants now have access to the internet (CBS, 2005). Worldwide, the internet penetration
is about 16%, which corresponds with about 1,000,000,000 internet users. The Netherlands,
therefore, is one of the countries with the highest internet penetrations, together with countries
like the USA, Canada, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, and the Scandinavian countries
(http://www.internetworldstats.com). Also, with regard to the dissemination of broadband access,
the Netherlands is among the top 5 countries in the world with about 70% of the households having
internet access using an ADSL or cable modem (CBS, 2005)