Summary of Internet Growth

As has been seen above, there are almost exponential growths in the numbers of:

·         Internet users;

·         Internet hosts;

·         Ecommerce revenue[1].

This sort of growth is un-paralleled. To obtain a market share of 50 Million participants, it took:

·         Radio - 38 years

·         Television - 13 years;

·         Internet - 4 years[2].

Being on the Internet, and effectively using its services, brings great financial opportunity at limited cost. Opportunities include the ability to communicate internationally through email, to research even the most abstruse subject, maintain a high level of competitive tracking, collaboration, advertising and customer service. However, whichever business tool is used, the speed of the Internet remains a limiting factor.