The Internet

How much information is in circulation on the internet (in gigabytes)?

http://www.wisegeek.com/how-big-is-the-internet.htm over 5 billion gigabytes of data

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091002121618AAgJnTU

 

What proportion of the world’s population can now go online?

http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm 2,267,233,742 internet users in 2011

The number of people who could access the internet in 1995?

http://www.internetworldstats.com/emarketing.htm  December, 1995 16 million

http://royal.pingdom.com/2011/03/31/internet-1995/ Back in 1995, the Internet had a worldwide user base of less than 40 million.

The number of people who can access the internet in today?

http://www.internetworldstats.com/emarketing.htm Mar, 2012- 2,280 millions

http://uk.ask.com/question/how-many-uk-homes-have-internet-access  there are approximately 30.1 million adults in the UK that access the Internet every day.

How has the internet changed the following?

Nature of information- accessing Information: http://www.bitrebels.com/technology/how-the-internet-has-changed-advertising/

• ·         Internet has made information easily accessible.

• ·         The days when we have to wait for information are gone. People get their information fast and in real time.

Communication:  http://money.howstuffworks.com/technology-changed-business.htm

• ·         As communication and information travels faster and faster, the world seems smaller and smaller

• ·         the advances in communication and information technology -- has changed the face and the pace of business

Privacy: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/mar/03/internet-privacy

• ·         Have we lost our privacy to the internet?

• ·         for example with Google's Street View as well as its recent privacy policy changes, a tactic of asking forgiveness rather than permission.

Online safety

Business

Culture

Copyright

Current Broadband Penetration UK

• The proportion of households online increased from 63% in 2006 to 85% in 2011. However, 17% of these homes are still using basic dial-up internet services rather than broadband connections, suggesting that superfast, always-on services have not become a "must-have" for all UK citizens.

• There were 52,731,209 internet users in the UK (representing 84.1% of the population) in December 2011, according to Internet World Stats. 
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