- It took 13 years for television to reach 50 million users- it took the Internet less than 4 years.
- As of now, there are over 260 million people with Internet access worldwide.
- 1 out of 6 people used the Internet in North America and Europe, as per a 1999 survey.
- The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.
- In 1946, the Merriam Webster Dictionary defined computer as 'a person who tabulates numbers; accountant; actuary; bookkeeper.'
- An estimated 2.5 billion hours were wasted online last year as people waited for pages to download, according to a study sponsored by Nortel Networks.
- AOL says spam is the number one complaint of its customers, and that it has to block over one billion unsolicited e-mails every day.
- In 2002, the average Internet user received 3.7 spam messages per day. The total rose to 6.2 spam messages per day in 2002. By 2007, it is expected to reach 830 messages per day.
- A terminology industry research firm called Basex says that unsolicited e-mail cost $ 20 billion in lost time and expenses worldwide in 2000.
- In 2003 an Atlanta- base ISP called Earthlink won a lawsuit worth $16.4 million (US) against a spammer in Buffalo NY, and a $25 million (US) lawsuit against a spammer in Tennessee.
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