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German Social Affairs Minister Wants WoW Rated "Adults Only"GI is reporting that the rising popularity of online gaming is currently a great influence on the overall growth of internet usage, which increased by approximately 50% in the past 12-18 months.

"You get companies not related to gaming which are interested in hooking up to our network because there are certain games which run on our network that make it relevant for end-users," said Vlad Ihora, head of gaming at TeliaSonera International Carrier the company that looks after Blizzard Europe's networking solutions for World of Warcraft .

"It's not like certain of our customers aren't feeling it already, but investments in, or maintaining of Internet presence or services that people use from our side are essential. The Internet is no longer a luxury to have, or experiment in - it's a really established sector, and this sector will only benefit from a streamlining of costs in other sectors which are far more exposed to general changes."

The man has a point. Where would this world be without the World of Warcraft?