In 1999, we were still talking about
- Internet in hotels, airports
- URLs on advertisments
- Using the web to find phone numbers, people
2001: The US leads the world in home
Internet use, with more than 98 million people logging on from
home in December 2000. The latest figures from Nielsen NetRatings show
that Japan ranked second with 15 million home Internet users, followed
by Germany (13 million), the UK (10 million), and Canada (9 million).
Feb 15 2001: Internet penetration in the US has now risen to
60 percent, with a total of 168 million people using the Internet
in January, according to Nielsen NetRatings.