kinda cool, i went to computer industry almanac today and found this: (
http://www.c-i-a.com/pr0904.htm)
Quote:
Worldwide Internet Users will Top 1 Billion in 2005.
USA Remains #1 with 185M Internet Users.
September 3, 2004 - The worldwide number of Internet users will reach nearly 935 million in 2004 and will top 1 billion in mid 2005. The U.S. continues to lead with over 185M Internet users forecasted for year-end 2004. There is little Internet user growth in the developed countries, but in the next five years many Internet users will be supplementing PC Internet usage with Smartphone and mobile device Internet usage. Internet usage is growing strongly in China, which surpassed Japan for second place in 2003. The growth of Internet users will continue in the developing countries for another decade.
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looks like their forcast from 10 years ago was only off by about 280 million users. not bad considering the large numbers and predicability of the tech industry.