Growth of the Internet Networks: 1988-2000 Historical and Projected Values ----------- Connected Networks ---------- ---------Growth ------- US/non USA non-USA Total nets US non-US increm ratio 9 173 5.2% Aug.88 208 9 217 0.0% 25.4% 4.1% Sep.88 235 9 244 13.0% 0.0% 12.4% 3.7% Oct.88 277 14 291 17.9% 55.6% 19.3% 4.8% Nov.88 280 33 313 1.1% 135.7% 7.6% 10.5% Dec.88 301 33 334 7.5% 0.0% 6.7% 9.9% Jan.89 312 34 346 3.7% 3.0% 3.6% 9.8% Feb.89 349 35 384 11.9% 2.9% 11.0% 9.1% Mar.89 372 38 410 6.6% 8.6% 6.8% 9.3% Apr.89 406 61 467 9.1% 60.5% 13.9% 13.1% May.89 421 95 516 3.7% 55.7% 10.5% 18.4% Jun.89 469 95 564 11.4% 0.0% 9.3% 16.8% Jul.89 504 99 603 7.5% 4.2% 6.9% 16.4% Aug.89 513 137 650 1.8% 38.4% 7.8% 21.1% Sep.89 592 153 745 15.4% 11.7% 14.6% 20.5% Oct.89 647 162 809 9.3% 5.9% 8.6% 20.0% Nov.89 646 191 837 -0.2% 17.9% 3.5% 22.8% Dec.89 695 202 897 7.6% 5.8% 7.2% 22.5% Jan.90 699 228 927 0.6% 12.9% 3.3% 24.6% Feb.90 762 235 997 9.0% 3.1% 7.6% 23.6% Mar.90 776 262 1,038 1.8% 11.5% 4.1% 25.2% Apr.90 1,224 301 1,525 57.7% 14.9% 46.9% 19.7% May.90 1,257 323 1,580 2.7% 7.3% 3.6% 20.4% Jun.90 1,301 338 1,639 3.5% 4.6% 3.7% 20.6% Jul.90 1,319 408 1,727 1.4% 20.7% 5.4% 23.6% Aug.90 1,442 452 1,894 9.3% 10.8% 9.7% 23.9% Sep.90 1,503 485 1,988 4.2% 7.3% 5.0% 24.4% Oct.90 1,536 527 2,063 2.2% 8.7% 3.8% 25.5% Nov.90 1,554 571 2,125 1.2% 8.3% 3.0% 26.9% Dec.90 1,575 615 2,190 1.4% 7.7% 3.1% 28.1% Jan.91 1,650 688 2,338 4.8% 11.9% 6.8% 29.4% Feb.91 1,700 717 2,417 3.0% 4.2% 3.4% 29.7% Mar.91 1,744 757 2,501 2.6% 5.6% 3.5% 30.3% Apr.91 1,829 793 2,622 4.9% 4.8% 4.8% 30.2% May.91 1,881 882 2,763 2.8% 11.2% 5.4% 31.9% Jun.91 1,993 989 2,982 6.0% 12.1% 7.9% 33.2% Jul.91 2,074 1,012 3,086 4.1% 2.3% 3.5% 32.8% Aug.91 2,192 1,066 3,258 5.7% 5.3% 5.6% 32.7% Sep.91 2,261 1,128 3,389 3.1% 5.8% 4.0% 33.3% Oct.91 2,342 1,214 3,556 3.6% 7.6% 4.9% 34.1% Nov.91 2,449 1,302 3,751 4.6% 7.2% 5.5% 34.7% Dec.91 2,855 1,450 4,305 16.6% 11.4% 14.8% 33.7% Jan.92 3,030 1,496 4,526 6.1% 3.2% 5.1% 33.1% Feb.92 3,152 1,588 4,740 4.0% 6.1% 4.7% 33.5% Mar.92 3,279 1,697 4,976 4.0% 6.9% 5.0% 34.1% Apr.92 3,485 1,806 5,291 6.3% 6.4% 6.3% 34.1% May.92 3,604 1,911 5,515 3.4% 5.8% 4.2% 34.7% Jun.92 3,737 2,002 5,739 3.7% 4.8% 4.1% 34.9% Jul.92 3,898 2,133 6,031 4.3% 6.5% 5.1% 35.4% Aug.92 4,112 2,273 6,385 5.5% 6.6% 5.9% 35.6% Sep.92 4,304 2,336 6,640 4.7% 2.8% 4.0% 35.2% Oct.92 4,788 2,566 7,354 11.2% 9.8% 10.8% 34.9% Nov.92 5,022 2,832 7,854 4.9% 10.4% 6.8% 36.1% Dec.92 5,366 3,195 8,561 6.8% 12.8% 9.0% 37.3% Jan.93 5,699 3,419 9,118 6.2% 7.0% 6.5% 37.5% Feb.93 5,904 3,678 9,582 3.6% 7.6% 5.1% 38.4% Mar.93 6,394 4,103 10,497 8.3% 11.6% 9.5% 39.1% Apr.93 6,790 4,462 11,252 6.2% 8.7% 7.2% 39.7% May.93 7,398 4,951 12,349 9.0% 11.0% 9.7% 40.1% Jun.93 7,709 5,461 13,170 4.2% 10.3% 6.6% 41.5% Jul.93 8,294 5,827 14,121 7.6% 6.7% 7.2% 41.3% Aug.93 8,895 6,265 15,160 7.2% 7.5% 7.4% 41.3% Sep.93 9,625 7,071 16,696 8.2% 12.9% 10.1% 42.4% Oct.93 10,440 7,539 17,979 8.5% 6.6% 7.7% 41.9% Nov.93 11,558 8,106 19,664 10.7% 7.5% 9.4% 41.2% Dec.93 12,388 9,042 21,430 7.2% 11.5% 9.0% 42.2% Jan.94 13,625 9,869 23,494 10.0% 9.1% 9.6% 42.0% Feb.94 14,782 10,924 25,706 8.5% 10.7% 9.4% 42.5% Mar.94 16,612 11,966 28,578 12.4% 9.5% 11.2% 41.9% Apr.94 17,902 12,724 30,626 7.8% 6.3% 7.2% 41.5% May.94 18,829 13,541 32,370 5.2% 6.4% 5.7% 41.8% Jun.94 19,689 14,362 34,051 4.6% 6.1% 5.2% 42.2% Jul.94 20,791 15,362 36,153 5.6% 7.0% 6.2% 42.5% Aug.94 21,984 16,323 38,307 5.7% 6.3% 6.0% 42.6% Sep.94 22,904 17,073 39,977 4.2% 4.6% 4.4% 42.7% Oct.94 23,812 17,708 41,520 4.0% 3.7% 3.9% 42.6% Nov.94 24,780 18,103 42,883 4.1% 2.2% 3.3% 42.2% Dec.94 25,910 18,779 44,689 4.6% 3.7% 4.2% 42.0% Jan.95 26,681 19,637 46,318 3.0% 4.6% 3.6% 42.4% -------- Projected ------------- Feb.95 28,461 21,128 ---------------------- Mar.95 30,359 22,731 ave: 6.7% 7.6% 7.0% Apr.95 32,385 24,457 May.95 34,545 26,313 Jun.95 36,849 28,310 Jul.95 39,308 30,459 Aug.95 41,930 32,771 Sep.95 44,727 35,259 Oct.95 47,711 37,935 Nov.95 50,893 40,814 Dec.95 54,288 43,912 Jan.96 57,910 47,245 Feb.96 61,773 50,832 Mar.96 65,894 54,690 Apr.96 70,289 58,841 May.96 74,978 63,307 Jun.96 79,980 68,113 Jul.96 85,315 73,283 Aug.96 91,007 78,845 Sep.96 97,077 84,830 Oct.96 103,553 91,269