Here is Internet Index #23 annotated with sources and the directory of all editions.
Estimated number of Internet users in China: 1,750,000
Estimated number of users who downloaded the Starr Report from CNN Interactive in the first two days it was available: 1,700,000
Fee to be charged by Delta Airlines for tickets not purchased on the Internet, in dollars: 2
Percentage of Delta Airlines tickets sold via the Internet in 1998: less than 3
Estimated US consumer spending on online retail purchases during 1998 holiday season, in billions of dollars: 8.2
Volume of Internet initial public offerings underwritten by Goldman Sachs in 1998, in millions of dollars: 435.6
Number of members of the U.S. National Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce: 19
Number of Internet companies based in New York City that have gone public since 1990: 16
Number of Internet companies based in San Jose, California, that have gone public since 1990: 6
Estimated percentage of retail stock trades now taking place on the Internet: 25
Number of e-mail messages received by the U.S. SEC about potential Internet-related stock fraud, as of August, 1998: 120
Prize awarded by Cad.Lab for a new company name (Think3) through an Internet contest, in dollars: 50,000
Percentage of print journalists connected to the Internet: 87
Number of outlet stores being closed by Lands' End, partly because of using the Internet: 3
Bank's cost to process an in-person transaction, in dollars: 1.07
Bank's cost to process an Internet transaction, in dollars: 0.01
Number of E-Zines (online magazines) listed in John Labovitz's e-zine list, as of January, 1999: 3022
Estimated percentage of organizations with specific plans to test and deploy IPv6 in 1999: 24
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