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A new report indicates that the number of blue-collar workers’ accessing the Web from their homes grew at a rate that was larger than any other occupational group over the past year.

According to Milpitas, Calif.-based Nielsen NetRatings, the number of laborers and factory workers who accessed their home Internet service increased at a rate almost double that of full-time students or executives and managers. “The Internet was, at first, an elitist country club reserved only for individuals with select financial abilities and technical skills,” said Sean Kaldor, vice president of eCommerce, NetRatings, in a statement.

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