Internet Usage: Facts and News 99 per cent of Canadian students have used the Internet 1 48 per cent of Canadian students use it for a least an hour a day 1 nearly 60 per cent of Canadian students use chat rooms and instant messaging 1 Canadians have the highest or near-highest in the world in penetration and use of the telephone, cable, TV, computers in the home, and Internet access, especially high-speed Internet access. 1 "By the year 2005, two billion people will be continuously connected to a powerful global network of satellites and fiber optic cables." (-Innovation Nation, page x.). This is the "Always On" generation (*74% of connected young people use instant messaging several times a week. -Pew Report ). 1.2 billion instant messages were sent over the AOL network alone on September 11th, 2001 (*AOL President of advanced services, Ted Leonis.) By 2005 the annual number of text and visual messages sent over the Internet is expected to reach 1.2 trillion. In 2002, cell phone users passed the one billion user mark, this is the fastest 10 year penetration of any product in commercial history. China alone is adding five million new cell phone users per month. By 2005, most cell phones will come standard with Internet access and a variety of Internet service options. A 2002 British survey found that one in four youth, aged 11 to 19 has been threatened via their computers or cell phones, including death threats. NCH -National Children's Home (UK)