CReATION: 3Com surveys the world online

<p>3Com is to ask the world how it feels about various issues, ranging </p><p>from the profound to the mundane, during a four-day worldwide opinion </p><p>poll, which begins on November 15. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>A team of 500 Planet Pollsters will be spread out in 90 countries to </p><p>interview both the connected and the unconnected. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>They will travel to locations as remote as the Xingu region of Brazil </p><p>and Menongue region of Angola to obtain the answers of those "who have </p><p>traditionally been technologically disenfranchised". </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>The Planet Project has reportedly adopted strict privacy controls and </p><p>has assured the security of the site. Respondent identities, including </p><p>e-mail addresses, will be removed from answers to the poll </p><p>questions. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>Only aggregated data from the survey will be made public and personal </p><p>information will never be shared with any other party for any </p><p>reason. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>3Com also assures poll participants that data gathered through the poll </p><p>will not be used for any marketing activity. In keeping with this </p><p>mindset, the site will not feature any ads and no merchandise will be </p><p>sold. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>The survey is to feature 20 multiple choice questions in nine </p><p>categories, including religion; health and wellbeing; self-image; sex; </p><p>education, and law and order. </p><p><BR><BR> </p><p>The survey is to be featured in Chinese, English, French, German, </p><p>Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish. </p><p><BR><BR> </p>