Internet Application Growth in the US
- Radio took 38 years to gain 50M listeners
- TV took 13 years
- The Internet took 4 years.
- IT is growing twice as fast as the
overall US economy
- Digital industries account for
40% of the US GNP
- US consumer travel bookings
passed US$1 Billion in 1998
- Companies planning to go completely online
E.g., GM plans to have all 12 of its business
units purchase materials online by 2000:
estimated value of US$5 Billion
- Close to cable TV in "viewers" in 1998
- 4K Radio stations on the Internet now
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Last modified: Sun Apr 18 21:08:16 PDT 1999