Approx. 100 Million "people" connections now
(Only 2% of the world's population)
500 Million - 1 Billion within 10 years.
Actually 10 - 50 Billion connections to the internet
(people and machines).
Existence of the internet
as we know it.
1997
1998
1999
Amount of money that flowed
across.
$0
$2 Billion
$20 Billion
"Primary cost of the spread of internet connections is the cost of telecommunications."