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Internet Growth

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GLOBAL INTERNET USAGE up 67% (248M to 414M). (eTForecasts, Feb. 2001).      

DOMAIN NAMES registered up 114% in 2000 (14M to 30M) (www.Whois.com).

HOST COMPUTERS up 45% in 2000, now topping 100 M. (Telcordia Technologies Inc ., Jan. 2001).

WEB PAGES posted up 230% in 2000 (1B to 3.3B). (Cyveillance, July 2000).

SERVER SHIPMENTS up 21% worldwide in 2000 (Dataquest, Feb. 2001).

B2C E-COMMERCE up 103% in 2000 ($B to $56B). (ActivMedia, Nov. 2000).

B2B E-COMMERCE up 132% in 2000. ($145B to $336B). (Gartner, Feb. 2000; Jupiter , Oct. 2000).

HOLIDAY E-COMMERCE spending up 108% in 2000. (Goldman Sachs, Dec. 2000)

VENTURE CAPITAL investments in the US up 73% in 2000 (to $103B). (NVCA , Jan. 2001).

NUMBER OF COMPANIES receiving VC funding up 35% (4,000 to 5,400). (NVCA, Jan. 2001).

INTERNET ECONOMY JOBS up 34% (2.3M to 3.09M). (Internet Indicators , Jan. 2001).

INTERNET ECONOMY REVENUES up 58% in 2000 (to $830B). (Internet Indicators, Jan. 2001).

SMALL BUSINESS WEB SITES up 123% in 2000. (Verizon, 2001).

RESIDENTIAL BROADBAND services up 230% in US in 2000. (Strategis , Jan. 2001).

DSL DEPLOYMENT up 447% in 2000 (to 4.5M). (IDC, Feb. 2001).

HIGH TECH EQUIPMENT ORDERS up 60% in 2000. (Boston Globe 12/19/00 citing JP Morgan).

SALES OF NETWORKING EQUIPMENT to telecom service providers up 118% in 2000. (Infonetics Research, Feb. 2001).

BUSINESS I.T. SPENDING as a percentage of gross revenues up 8.7% (compared to 3.4% increase in 1999). (META Group, Feb. 2001).

US PRODUCTIVITY up 4.3% in 2000 than 1999 -- largest 1 year increase since '83 -- gains largely due to I.T. (Dept. of Labor , Feb. 2001).

U.S. GDP up 3.7% in 2000, with 1/3^rd growth due to I.T. (2001 Economic Report of the President).

The Future:

GLOBAL INTERNET USAGE 2005: 1.17 billion people (up 183%). (eTForecasts, Feb. 2001).

B2B E-COMMERCE 2005: $6.2 trillion (up 1,775%). (Gartner Group, Feb. 2001).

B2C E-COMMERCE 2010: $1.1 trillion (up 1,864%). (ActivMedia, Nov. 2000).

RESIDENTIAL BROADBAND, US 2005: 36 million (up 600%). (Strategis, Jan. 2001).

WORKPLACE BROADBAND, US 2005: 55 million (up 129%). (Jupiter Comm., Jan. 2001).

DSL DEPLOYMENT, 2004: 66.4 million expected by 2004 (up 1,376%). (IDC , Feb. 2001).

EMAIL VOLUME 2005: 35 billion every day by 2005 (up 250%). (IDC, Oct. 2000).

B2B INFRASTRUCTURE spending 2005:  $80.9 billion (up 3,752%).  (Jupiter Communications, Jan. 2001).

COLLEGES OFFERING E-LEARNING 2004: 3,300 (up 120%). (IDC, Dec. 2000).

BUSINESS I.T SPENDING 2001: 65% of Global 2000 corporations expect IT budgets to go up 13.3% despite fears of an economic slowdown. (Gartner Group, Inc., Feb. 2001).

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