Introduction to the Internet

Vast World-wide System of:

• People Online (Nua Internet Surveys)
  • 360 M (12/99) 463 M+ ( est 2004)
• Information (Cisco.com - 7/2000)
• 1.5 Billion Pages
• 3.1 Million Pages added each day
• Usage (Jupiter Comm - 7/2000)
  • Adults online an average of 730 minutes/mo
  • Teens online an average of 300 minutes/mo
  • 83% of Americans on vacation longer than 1 wk usedcell phones, laptops, pagers or voice mail to stay intouch with their office while away from work