The Internet Index
                                    Number 9
                         Inspired by "Harper's Index"*
                 Compiled by Win Treese (treese@OpenMarket.com)
                                2 September 1995

Number of meetings of the Internet Engineering Task Force, through July,
	1995: 33
Number of attendees at the 33rd IETF in Stockholm, Sweden: 610 (approx.)
Ratio of number of attendees to number of workstations in the terminal
	room: 12:1

Very approximate ratio of number of Internet users to number of tiles
	in the mosaic in the Gold Room at Stockholm City Hall: 2

Of the Swedish cab drivers I met at the IETF meeting, percentage with
	Internet access: 50

Number of US invention patents available for searching on the Internet:
	over 158,000

At current growth rates, estimated time at which everyone on Earth will
	be on the Internet: 2004

Number attending Spring Internet World '95: 20,000

Expected monthly cost for @home, a cable TV-based Internet access
	provider: $30-$40

Length of time the NSFnet formed the backbone of the Internet: 9 years

Cost, per month, of USA Today Online: $14.95

Cost of one Mexican Blond Tarantula, available for sale on-line: $45

Percentage of officers of the National Organization of Women with WWW
	home pages: 100

Number on the AM dial for Internet@Night Talk Radio in Dallas, Texas:
	1190

Number of questions in the Canonical Collection of Lightbulb Jokes: over
	700
Number of answers in the Canonical Collection of Lightbulb Jokes: over
	1100

Estimated number of different users searching the Yahoo database between
	May 1 and May 7, 1995: 1.4 million

Estimated number of different users visiting the Smithsonian Institution
	between May 1 and May 7, 1995: 10,000

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