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What Americans like about being online

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A study of AOL users finds they are particularly gratified using the Net as a source of information, communication, and socializing---results that may be helpful to ISPs in their efforts to attract and retain users.

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 47, Issue 11
Bioinformatics
November 2004
106 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/1029496
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