Internet Society Press Release
4 August 1994
LATEST INTERNET MEASUREMENTS REVEAL DRAMATIC GROWTH IN 1994
--Reston VA, USA. One of the most basic continuing measurements of the size of the Internet was released yesterday. For more than ten years, the Internet has been measured almost every quarter by the number of host computers reachable. This is a key value because one of the most fundamental capabilities of the Internet is to directly link virtually any kind of computer across almost any kind of telecommunication medium. The measurement is described in the Internet document RFC 1296.
The latest measurement - sometimes referred to as "the Internet Walk" - shows 3.2 million reachable machines. This is an increase of 81 percent for the past year, and represents an even steeper than normal increase over the past six months. Indeed, 1 million new hosts were added during the first six months of 1994. Much of the increased growth is attributable to growth outside the world in more than 80 countries. These values are shown in the attached annex.
The so-called Internet Domain Survey is the product of Mark Lottor of Network Wizards. The Domain Survey attempts to discover every host on the Internet by doing a complete search of the Domain Name System. The latest results were gathered during late-July 1994 are listed below. For more detailed data see the zone directory on ftp.nw.com, or the Net Wizards World Wide Web home page at http://www.nw.com
July 94 Apr 94 Jan 94 Oct 93 Jul 93 Change (year)
Hosts: 3,212,000 N/A 2,217,000 2,056,000 1,776,000 81%
Domains: 46,000 30,000 28,000 26,000 77%
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ANNEX
Country Host Statistics - July 1994
Country Hosts %ofTotal ChangeFromJan94
US-educational (higher) 856,234 27% 41%
US-commercial 774,735 24% 36%
US-government 169,248 5% 31%
US-defense 130,176 4% 26%
US-non-profit organization 66,459 2% 31%
US-network operator 30,993 1% 146%
US-local 16,556 1% 153%
US total 2,044,401 63% 38%
United Kingdom 155,706 5% 37%
Germany 149,193 5% 51%
Canada 127,516 4% 48%
Australia 127,514 4% 42%
Japan 72,409 2% 69%
France 71,899 2% 117%
Netherlands 59,729 2% 43%
Sweden 53,294 2% 40%
Finland 49,598 2% **
Switzerland 47,401 1% 24%
Norway 38,759 1% 22%
Italy 23,616 1% 38%
Spain 21,147 1% 79%
Austria 20,130 1% 30%
South Africa 15,595 <1% 42% New Zealand 14,830 <1% 157% Korea 12,109 <1% 35% Denmark 12,107 <1% 175% Belgium 12,107 <1% 147% Taiwan 10,314 <1% 29% Hong Kong 9,141 <1% 60% Italy 8,464 <1% 28% Poland 7,392 <1% 55% Brazil 5,896 <1% 63% Czech Rep. 5,639 <1% 169% Hungary 5,390 <1% 122% Mexico 5,164 <1% 45% Portugal 4,518 <1% 25% Singapore 4,014 <1% 45% Chile 3,703 <1% 170% Ireland 3,308 <1% 103% Iceland 3,268 <1% 73% Russian Fed. (SU) 3,145 <1% 142% Greece 2,958 <1% 249% Czech&Slovak (CS) 1,869 <1% 36% Malaysia 1,322 <1% 204% Turkey 1,204 <1% 140% Thailand 1,197 <1% 334% Slovakia 868 <1% 70% Croatia 838 <1% 79% Estonia 659 <1% 93% Slovenia 574 <1% 9% Costa Rica 544 <1% 153% Romania 453 <1% 466% Luxembourg 420 <1% 37% Venezuela 399 <1% 6% Ukraine 339 <1% 994% China 325 <1% * Russian Fed. (RU) 322 <1% * India 316 <1% 129% International organizations 315 <1% 34% Kuwait 297 <1% 115% Ecuador 256 <1% 73% Argentina 248 <1% 8167% Latvia 180 <1% 150% Colombia 144 <1% * Uruguay 101 <1% * Bulgaria 79 <1% 276% Peru 75 <1% * Philippines 65 <1% * Indonesia 54 <1% * Lithuania 53 <1% * Egypt 52 <1% 11% Tunesia 46 <1% 318% Peru 42 <1% * Cyprus 38 <1% 660% Liechtenstein 27 <1% 59% Panama 24 <1% * Nicaragua 23 <1% * Macau 12 <1% * Algeria 7 <1% * Fiji 5 <1% 0% Iran 4 <1% 0% Antartica 4 <1% * Moldova 2 <1% * Saudi Arabia 1 <1% * 1,180,776 37% * Not connected in Jan 1994 ** Not counted in Jan 1994 ***********************************************************************
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 94 19:30:03 EDT
Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny
From: chrisg@access.digex.net (Chris Green)
Subject: The Information Superhighway
Keywords: smirk, computers
Q: What is the Information Superhighway?
A: It's just like the internet, except:
o it's a lot more expensive.
o you can't post and there's no killfile.
o there's no alt.sex.* or alt.drugs
o rec.humor.funny has a laugh track.
o there's a commercial break every 10 minutes.
o everything is formatted to 40 columns for TV's.
o the free software costs you $2.00/megabyte to ftp, more for
long distance.
A: It's just like cable TV, except:
o it's a lot more expensive.
o the picture isn't as good.
o there's 500 channels of Pay-per-View and home-shopping.
o you can watch any episode of Gilligan's Island or any Al Gore speech
for only $2.00.
o no public access channels.
o there's a commercial break every 10 minutes.
A: It's just like renting videos, except:
o it's a lot more expensive.
o there's only 1/100th as many to choose from.
o no porno.
o there's no pause, fast-forward, or rewind, and it costs
you another $3.95 if you want to watch twice.
o there's a commercial break every 10 minutes.
A: It's just like the telephone, except:
o it's a lot more expensive.
o there's no one to talk to.
o there's a commercial break every 10 minutes.
o every number is a toll call.
One of the most interesting features on the WEB has been
Doctor Fun and his daily cartoon. This wonderful cartoon arena has
entertained be daily for months - richard.
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