Internet Growth.

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INTERNET GROWTH

The growth rate of the Internet has been extremely rapid. The answer is unknown, no one has a precise answer. As in any business, websites are interested in attracting a particular type of visitor, other is probably interested in mass audiences and some are just trying to attract visitors. Looking through the research that I did shows that from 1995 to 2001 the number of host went from 5M to almost 120M. (see chart)

The Internet began working as a resource for companies, with only 4 host in 1969, it reached the 100 hosts in 1971, 1000 hosts in 1984, between February of 1986, and November of 1986, the number of hosts jumped from 2,308 to 5,089, that is an increase of 27.81% in the matter of 9 month. In 2001, the Internet hosts are at almost 120M, an increase of 1,199,999.96% in 32 years.

Internet growth:

Date Hosts | Date Hosts Networks Domains

------- --------- + ------- --------- ------------ ------------

12/69 4 | 07/89 130,000 650 3,900

06/70 9 | 10/89 159,000 837

10/70 11 | 10/90 313,000 2,063 9,300

12/70 13 | 01/91 376,000 2,338

04/71 23 | 07/91 535,000 3,086 16,000

10/72 31 | 10/91 617,000 3,556 18,000

01/73 35 | 01/92 727,000 4,526

06/74 62 | 04/92 890,000 5,291 20,000

03/77 111 | 07/92 992,000 6,569 16,300

12/79 188 | 10/92 1,136,000 7,505 18,100

08/81 213 | 01/93 1,313,000 8,258 21,000

05/82 235 | 04/93 1,486,000 9,722 22,000

08/83 562 | 07/93 1,776,000 13,767 26,000

10/84 1,024 | 10/93 2,056,000 16,533 28,000

10/85 1,961 | 01/94 2,217,000 20,539 30,000

02/86 2,308 | 07/94 3,212,000 25,210 46,000

11/86 5,089 | 10/94 3,864,000 37,022 56,000

12/87 28,174 | 01/95 4,852,000 39,410 71,000

07/88 33,000 | 07/95 6,642,000 61,538 120,000

10/88 56,000 | 01/96 9,472,000 93,671 240,000...