The Internet Index

Number 4
Inspired by "Harper's Index"*
Compiled by Win Treese (treese@OpenMarket.com)
5 November 1994 Corrected 7 November 1994

Here is Internet Index #4 annotated with sources.

Estimated number of hosts on the Internet: 3,864,000

Percentage increase in number of hosts in Argentina's domain during 1994: 1,100

Number of domains registered between September 15 and October 15, 1994: 1,535

Number of days between publication of "Creating a Government that Works Better and Costs Less: Status Report 1994" on the Internet and availability in hardcopy form: 1

Based on current growth rates, estimated year when every person on the planet will be on the Internet: 2003

Number of RFCs about system availability during holidays: 1

Number of forthcoming books about PGP: 2

Number of "Dilbert" on-line newsletters published to date: 2

Number of copies of Enhanced Mosaic licensed from Spyglass, Inc.: over 10 million

Percentage of IBM mainframes running TCP/IP at the end of 1993: 11

Rank of "www" among the most popular host names: 3

Number PCs running TCP/IP at the end of 1993 (worldwide): 4.5 million

Number of Internet-connected U.S. elementary and secondary schools listed in the "K-12 Hotlist": 137

Number of U.S. daily newspapers that are now offering or will soon offer electronic services: at least 60

Number of WWW servers named www.something.com: 1047

Number of business listings in the Commercial Sites Index: 861
Number of new listings in the past week: 117

Date Boston radio station WZLX airs a commercial with a URL: 4 Oct 1994

"Harper's Index" is a registered trademark of Harper's Magazine Foundation. Copyright 1994 by Win Treese. Send updates or interesting statistics to treese@OpenMarket.com. A copy of the Index annotated with sources can be found at http://www.openmarket.com/info/internet-index/current-sources.html.

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