Which number?  The " Al Gore invented the internet in the early '80s"?

Yup.  Bogus.

I'm finding the inoperable wishes quite entertaining.  Nice thoughts,
but impractical.

"Gary E. Miller" wrote:
> 
> Yo All!
> 
> Well Al Gore invented the internet in the early '80s, and the internet
> penetration was not 60% by the early '90s, SO I think these numbers
> are bogus.
> 
> RGDS
> GARY
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> 
> On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, Ed Gerck wrote:
> 
> > The Internet broke the 60 percent penetration barrier in the U.S. faster
> > than any other medium. For example, some 35 percent of the U.S.
> > population had phone use in 1920, but penetration didn't reach 60
> > percent until 1950. With the Internet, a comparable increase in
> > usage only took two years.

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