Internet as important as air, water, food: Cisco study

SAN JOSE, CA - Demonstrating the increasing role of the network in people’s lives, an international workforce study announced Wednesday by Cisco found that one in three college students and young professionals considers the Internet to be as important as fundamental human resources like air, water, food and shelter.The 2011 Cisco Connected World Technology Report also revealed that more than half of the study’s 2800 respondents say they could not live without the Internet, and cite it as an “integral part of their lives” - in some cases more important than cars, dating, and partying.Based on surveys of college students...