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Number of delinquent taxpayers listed on the Web page of the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services: 100
Source: Connecticut Dept. of Revenue Services
Estimated percentage decrease in the number of delinquent taxpayers since the Website went online: 30
Source: Wall Street Journal, 3 Sept. 1997
According to Boardwatch Magazine, approximate number of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the U.S. and Canada, in August, 1997: 4,133
Number of ISPs listed by Boardwatch in February, 1996: 1,447
Source: Web Week, August 25, 1997
Amount of venture capital investments in Internet companies during the second quarter of 1997, in millions of dollars: 561.5
Number of companies receiving the money: 111
Source: Web Week, August 25, 1997
Number of Internet-related job titles in the new proposed edition of the Standard Occupational Categories of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: 0
Number of occupations listed: 795
Source: Web Week, August 4, 1997
Number of Americans who consider the Internet "indispensable," in millions: 20
Source: Find/SVP 1997 American Internet User Survey
Percentage difference in time spent on the Web by business users over home users: 65
Source: Media Matrix, July 14, 1997
Rank of censorship among users concerned about issues facing the Internet: 1
Source: GVU's 7th WWW User Survey
Percentage of U.S. Internet users identifying themselves as Republicans: 34
Source: GVU's 7th WWW User Survey
Rank of Internet security among accountant's top technology concerns for 1997: 1
Source: CFO Magazine, April, 1997
By the year 2000, estimated percentage of Internet commerce related to travel: 41
Source: Jupiter Communications, as reported in Mobile Computing & Communications, April, 1997
Estimated number of e-mail messages that will be sent in the year 1997, in trillions: 2.7
Estimated number of e-mail messages that will be sent in the year 2000, in trillions: 6.9
Source: Web Week, April 28, 1997, citing the Electronic Messaging Association
Estimated amount spent by end-users on Internet and Intranet products in 1996, in billions of dollars: 19
Source: Information & Interactive Services Report, May 2, 1997, citing International Data Corp.
Number of subscribers to the Internet Index mailing list, August, 1994: 213
Number of subscribers to the Internet Index mailing list, September, 1997: 10,118
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