"State of the Internet 2000" -U.S. Internet Council
Here's some statistical stuff on the current state of affairs with the Internet:
usinternetcouncil.org
Here's a quick review of the highlights of the report:
pcworld.com
2 billion unique pages accessible on the Internet.
300 million regular users, less than half of which are in North America.
0.5 million users in all of Africa, ex-South Africa.
Here's the URL for the report body:
usic.wslogic.com
Go for it, it's only 61 pages more to add to your burden, my friends. [[Mike M., there's enough statistics and chart action here to make your entire weekend, dude!!]]
Interesting Factoids and a few surprises to me:
<>There are less than 1/2 as many subscribers in the Middle East as in Africa (and that's already a small number). No wonder these people have so much time for bickering. (Page 2)
<>Just over 50% of all Internet users are native English speakers. (OK, not really a surprise, but still interesting)
<>Third most heavily invested "venture capital" of the Internet economy: Stockholm, Sweden
<>"Despite only accounting for 8.3% of total U.S. GDP, IT industries have contributed nearly one third of all real U.S. economic growth between 1995 and 1999." p. 3.
<>The web doubled in size from 1 billion unique, indexable pages to 2 billion between January and June 2000.
<>Norway at 49% and Sweden at 44% both exceed the Internet household penetration in the US at 42%.
<>The venerable, ahem, NASDAQ has a new rival: MOTHERS (Market of the High-Growth and Emerging Stocks) in Asia.
<>The typical Internet connection in Africa is satellite based and cost about $60 for 5 hours of connection per month, exclusive of telephone line rental.
<>There is no direct Internet connection to the Congo.
<>XML will prove to be the most important language on the Internet in the future, and will dominate eCommerce and EDI systems. This will prove to be a boon for small and medium sized enterprises, which have historically been at a disadvantage to the EDI systems of the Fortune 1000 companies.
<>Carnegie-Mellon CERT/CC reported a 300% annual increase in reported virus/hoax incidents in 1999 (9,859 incidents), and it appears that we are on track to have a further 100% increase in 2000.
<>"Love Bug" type incidents have a worldwide cost of $7-10 Billion per episode.
<>Interpol has gone gonzo, teaming with Internet security service "Atomic Tangerine". OK, propellerheads, sign up for a free "Rocket Science Wall Chart" here:
atomictangerine.com
<>Palm VII and Blackberry devices run on Mobitex between 895 and 910Mhz in the USA.
<>There are currently almost 2,000 US radio stations broadcasting over the Internet, up from 500 in 1998. Worldwide, about 30% of the total of 12,000 traditional radio stations are on the 'net.
L8R, Ray |
