A global network of connected computers (Kitchin (1998) PHG 22). Warf (2007) Sing. J. Trop. Geog. 28, 2 identifies costs, wealth, literacy, and telephone penetration rates as determinants of internet uptake. Zook (2002) Jour. Econ. Geog. 2, 2 observes that ‘although both the internet and venture capital have been viewed as independent of geography, the development of this industry continues to highlight the continuing relevance of regions and place-based relations’. Thus, Gorman (2002) Tijdschrift 93, 5 finds that website production is dominated by New York and San Francisco.

In a North Carolina study, Palm and Danis (2002) Tijdschrift 93, 5 find that the internet has little impact on housing search patterns. Adams and Ghose (2003) PHG 27, 4 describe the vast, variegated space of international and multicultural communication used by the ‘Indian diaspora’ and residents of India. See Wharf and Vincent (2007) Area 39, 1 on Arab geographies of the internet, J. Rodgers (2003) on the internet and activism, and Grubesic and O’Kelly (2002) Prof. Geogr. 54, 2 on measuring access to commercial internet sites.