More than one billion people in the world have access to the Internet, with a quarter of them with broadband, a survey quoted by AFP said.
The report by the firm eMarketer said the milestone of one billion was reached in late 2005, and that nearly 250 million households had broadband connections.
The firm estimated that of these people, 845 million used the Internet regularly, the report said.
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In terms of regions, however, Asia-Pacific had the largest number with 315 million, and was the largest broadband center containing nearly 40% of the world's broadband households, the report said.