Here is Internet Index #4.
Estimated number of hosts on the Internet: 3,864,000
Source: Internet Domain Survey
Percentage increase in number of hosts in Argentina's domain during 1994: 1,100
Source: Internet Domain Survey
Number of domains registered between September 15 and October 15, 1994: 1,535
Source: New on the Net (The Short Version)
Number of days between publication of "Creating a Government that Works Better
and Costs Less: Status Report 1994" on the Internet and availability in hardcopy form: 1
Source: Office of the Vice President, personal communication.
Based on current growth rates, estimated year when every person on the planet will be on the Internet: 2003
Source: The Internet Number FAQ by John Quarterman.
Number of RFCs about system availability during holidays: 1
Source: RFC Index
Number of forthcoming books about PGP: 2
Number of "Dilbert" online newsletters published to date: 2
Number of copies of Enhanced Mosaic licensed from Spyglass, Inc.: over 10 million
Source: Spyglass, Inc.
Percentage of IBM mainframes running TCP/IP at the end of 1993: 11
Source: IDC report "Open Networking Directions: TCP/IP Across the Enterprise",
September, 1994
Rank of "www" among the most popular host names: 3
Source:
Internet Domain Survey. The rankings exclude names like pc03, mac02, etc.
Number of PCs running TCP/IP at the end of 1993 (worldwide): 4.5 million Source: IDC report "Open Networking Directions: TCP/IP Across the Enterprise", September, 1994
Number of Internet-connected U.S. elementary and secondary schools listed in the "K-12 Hotlist": 137
Source:
K-12 Hotlist by Gleason Sackman
Number of U.S. daily newspapers that are now offering or will soon offer
electronic services: at least 60
Source: New York Times, 10 October 1994, citing the Newspaper Association of America.
Number of WWW servers named www.something.com: 1047
Source: Open Market, Inc.
Number of business listings in the Commercial Sites Index: 861
Number of new listings in the past week: 117
Source: Commercial Sites Index
Date Boston radio station WZLX airs a commercial with a URL: 4 Oct 1994
URL: http://www.monster.com
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