Growth of the Internet Historical and Projected Values Growth of Internet Browsing Services (Megabytes per month) gopher www Dec.91 6 Jan.92 81 Feb.92 360 Mar.92 479 Apr.92 526 May.92 286 Jun.92 221 Jul.92 Aug.92 Sep.92 Oct.92 Nov.92 24,744 39 Dec.92 34,247 78 Jan.93 43,238 122 Feb.93 60,897 512 Mar.93 79,024 3,614 Apr.93 89,074 8,116 May.93 103,870 17,298 Jun.93 111,881 35,701 Jul.93 139,006 48,728 Aug.93 148,795 50,779 Sep.93 198,096 75,401 Oct.93 250,784 122,173 Nov.93 291,133 172,340 Dec.93 309,690 225,443 Jan.94 374,681 269,129 Feb.94 396,066 347,504 Mar.94 480,690 518,084 Apr.94 517,625 671,950 May.94 555,708 799,163 Jun.94 567,479 946,539 Jul.94 555,089 1,056,081 Aug.94 651,846 1,311,822 Sep.94 751,455 1,593,464 Oct.94 864,259 2,152,957 Nov.94 867,043 3,126,195 WWW Monthly traffic in Bytes (as an exponential) Jan.93 1.E+08 Feb.93 5.E+08 Mar.93 4.E+09 Apr.93 8.E+09 May.93 2.E+10 Jun.93 4.E+10 Jul.93 5.E+10 Aug.93 5.E+10 Sep.93 8.E+10 Oct.93 1.E+11 Nov.93 2.E+11 Dec.93 2.E+11 Jan.94 3.E+11 Feb.94 3.E+11 Mar.94 5.E+11 Apr.94 7.E+11 May.94 8.E+11 Jun.94 9.E+11 Jul.94 1.E+12 Aug.94 1.E+12 Sep.94 2.E+12 Oct.94 2.E+12 Nov.94 3.E+12 --------------- projected Dec.94 4.E+12 Jan.95 5.E+12 Feb.95 6.E+12 Mar.95 8.E+12 Apr.95 1.E+13 May.95 1.E+13 Jun.95 2.E+13 Jul.95 2.E+13 Aug.95 3.E+13 Sep.95 4.E+13 Oct.95 5.E+13 Nov.95 6.E+13 Dec.95 7.E+13 Jan.96 9.E+13 Feb.96 1.E+14 Mar.96 2.E+14 Apr.96 2.E+14 May.96 2.E+14 Jun.96 3.E+14 Jul.96 4.E+14 Aug.96 5.E+14 Sep.96 7.E+14 Oct.96 8.E+14 Nov.96 1.E+15 Dec.96 1.E+15 Jan.97 2.E+15 Feb.97 2.E+15 Mar.97 3.E+15 Apr.97 4.E+15 May.97 5.E+15 Jun.97 6.E+15 Jul.97 7.E+15 Aug.97 9.E+15 Sep.97 1.E+16 Oct.97 2.E+16 Nov.97 2.E+16 Dec.97 2.E+16 Jan.98 3.E+16 Feb.98 4.E+16 Mar.98 5.E+16 Apr.98 7.E+16 May.98 8.E+16 Jun.98 1.E+17 Jul.98 1.E+17 Aug.98 2.E+17 Sep.98 2.E+17 Oct.98 3.E+17 Nov.98 4.E+17 Dec.98 5.E+17 Jan.99 6.E+17 Feb.99 7.E+17 Mar.99 9.E+17 Apr.99 1.E+18 May.99 2.E+18 Jun.99 2.E+18 Jul.99 3.E+18 Aug.99 3.E+18 Sep.99 4.E+18 Oct.99 5.E+18 Nov.99 7.E+18 Dec.99 8.E+18 Jan.00 1.E+19