Michael Perelman:
"We now have a remarkable array of people from around the world,
yet we still hear a preponderance of posts from and about the
U.S."
I think Table 1 partly explains why, because more than two-thirds of
people are here.
TABLE 1
Internet connections by regions, January 1995
Percent of Total
North America 3,372,600 69.4
Western Europe 1,039,000 21.4
Eastern Europe 46,100 0.9
Asia 151,800 3.1
Pacific 192,400 4.0
Africa 27,100 0.6
Middle East 13,800 0.28
Central and S. America 16,000 0.33
Total: 4,859,000 100.0
SOURCE: THE ECONOMIST, JULY 1th 1995.
And Table 2 provides information about how widespread INTERNET is in
various countries.
TABLE 2
Internet use, hosts per 1,000 population, January 1995.
(Rough reading from a chart)
Finland 14
United States 12
Australia 9
New Zealand 9
Sweden 9
Switzerland 8
Norway 8
Canada 7
Holland 6.5
Denmark 6
Britain 5
Austria 4.5
Israel 4
Germany 4
Hong Kong 3.5
Belgium 3
France 2.5
Czech Republic 2
Japan 1.7
South Africa 1.6
Spain 1.5
Taiwan 1.3
Italy 1
S. Korea 0.8
Poland 0.6
SOURCE: THE ECONOMIST, JULY 1th 1995.
The magazine asks: if the internet runs over telephone lines, why does it
cost the same to send e-mail message around the world as it does to send
it next door? Answer: no one really knows. Does anyone know?
Fikret Ceyhun
Dept. of Economics e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Univ. of North Dakota voice: (701)777-3348 office
University Station, Box 8369 (701)772-5135 home
Grand Forks, ND 58202 fax: (701)777-5099
