It’s amazing how the internet has impacted us so much since it’s breaking debut many, many moons ago.  Now it seems that if we do not have the internet we can’t function at all.  I know a couple weeks ago I thought I was going to lose my mind.  My usb or key thing or whatever you call it broke and anyways it was under warranty so I had to have AT&T send me another one because they couldn’t replace in one of the corporate stores.  Why is beyond me but anyway needless to say I was upset.  So it took them about a week to send me another one because I was being cheap and didn’t want to pay the $12 for next day.  OMG! I thought a part of my life for a week was yanked out by AT&T.  You don’t know how much you need the internet until you don’t have it.  Do you know the number of Americans actively using the Internet from their homes in a given week in April, 2006 was 113,644,910 out a total of 205,133,028 with Internet access, according to Nielsen.  These users spent an average of 8 3/4 hours on the Internet per week.  The total number active on the Internet from their homes in the whole month was 143,596,769 with an average of over 30 hours spent per month.  Shut-up… and this was in 2006.  So you can basically quadriple that number and that would still be maybe the minimum number of users. 

It’s as if we are addicted.  We use the internet for what seems to be everything.  What phone books, look on the internet.  Who uses 411 anymore, just click on the internet and find what you need plus the reviews.  You want to save time from going to the store, go on the internet…order you an outfit, groceries..anything you want.  You need to get a message out there, hey guess what..go to the internet.  Who needs a tv set, you have the internet.  OMG! speaking of TV, when the presidential election was going on the impact that the internet on this election was mind blowing.  The presidential candidates’ Internet performances ended with Barack Obama (65.62%) and John McCain (34.38%). “The SIPP Index results this week provide a glimpse into the grass root support base for each of the candidates heading into the final days of the 2008 Presidential Election. From the early days of the campaigns back in August 2007 Barack Obama clearly stood out as someone who was leveraging the Internet and connecting with voters on unprecedented levels,” said Ryan Vartoogian President of Spartan Internet Consulting. 

The internet has so many functions that we seem to not be able to tear away from the screen or go even a day without it.  You can even keep in touch with family members near and far.  Communication between the continents from all over the world has become easier. Instead of phoning overseas now one can talk with his relatives abroad through the use of the internet and its software, such as messengers. Not only can one talk but see the other person become a possibiilty.  Too bad it can’t help me lose weight.. oh wait yeah it can if I follow what it says!! LOL!  You get my point!