[11294] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: How Long to a Multimedia Internet?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Miles R Fidelman)
Mon Mar 28 12:45:54 1994
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 1994 21:15:43 -0500 (EST)
From: Miles R Fidelman <fidelman@civicnet.org>
To: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: <9403270213.AA04673@swan-song.>
On Sat, 26 Mar 1994, Dick St.Peters wrote:
> Agreed, but let's also note that only a very few people can access the
> Internet *at all* today. It's going to be awhile before we even have a
> majority of the people having a good idea of what the Internet is. As
> you read it, the question seems a bit premature :-)
>
I'm not sure that 20 million plus people is a "very few," and given a 5%
per month growth rate....
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