The Internet Index

Number 15
Inspired by "Harper's Index"*
Compiled by Win Treese ( treese@OpenMarket.com)
17 October 1996

Here is Internet Index #15 annotated with sources and the directory of all editions.

Number of Brazilian orphans to be available for adoption on the Internet: 48

Number of e-mail address entries, per person, on the MIT alumni contribution form: 2

Number of ill chess players rescued after calling for help on the Internet: 1

Number of entries in Maclean's magazine Internet directory, 9/2/96: 7

Number of US states with "wanted lists" of child support offenders on the Internet: 7

Percentage of comics in the Boston Globe with Internet addresses: 63

Percentage of the first 20 ads in the October '96 Scientific American with Web addresses: 75
Percentage of the first 20 ads in the October '96 Scientific American with toll-free numbers: 70

Percentage of the first 20 ads in the October 7, 1996, Business Week with Web addresses: 60
Percentage of the first 20 ads in the October 7, 1996 Business Week with toll-free numbers: 80

Percentage of online users who prefer to remain anonymous when visiting Websites: 60

Amount, in millions of dollars, President Clinton proposes to spend for expanding Internet capacity at universities: 500
Amount, in millions of dollars, Microsoft spends to plan promoting MSN in the next 12 months: 100

Number of visitors to NetAction's Internet kiosk near the San Francisco Civic Center during one week: 100
Number of volunteers who staffed the kiosk: 26

Number of e-mail messages to the FBI about the crash of TWA Flight 800 in the first eleven days after the crash: 900

Maximum prison term, in years, for possessing an unauthorized modem in Myanmar (Burma): 15


Copyright 1996 by Win Treese. "Harper's Index" is a registered trademark of Harper's Magazine Foundation. Send updates or interesting statistics to treese@OpenMarket.com

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