Internet Facts

• There over 260 million people with access to the Internet worldwide
• There are more E-Mail than postal messages!
• PC's outsell televisions!
• It took 13 years for television to reach 50 million users - it took the internet less than 4 years!
• The number of UK Internet users will increase by an estimated 75% each year - 10,000 per month!
• The number of users purchasing services and products over the Internet is increasing - it is estimated that 20% of users will make purchases on-line!
• The Internet is the third most used advertising medium and closely catching up to the traditional local newspapers and Yellow Pages.
• Neither FAX nor telephone can compete with the Internet in cost or speed
• Digital TV is growing rapidly allowing interactive web TV services