The Internet Index

Number 8
Inspired by "Harper's Index"*
Compiled by Win Treese (treese@OpenMarket.com)
29 June 1995

Here is Internet Index #8 and the directory of all editions.

Venture capital invested in Internet companies, first quarter 1995: $47 million
Venture capital invested in Internet companies, all of 1994: $42 million
Source: New York Times, 26 June 1995, p. D5

Number of PBS stations with WWW home pages: 25
Source: PBS station list

Percentage increase, last week, in number of listings on Open Market's Commercial Sites Index: 7
Source: Commercial Sites Index

Number of tennis Grand Slam tournaments on the World Wide Web: 1
Source: Wimbledon

Telephone number for information about the National Information Infrastructure: 1-800-NII-8818

Authorized funding, in FY95, for the Agricultural Telecommunications Funding Program (US govt): $1.2 million
Source: USDA Extension Service

Number of subscribers on Apple Computer's eWorld online service: 80,000
Source: Boston Globe, 25 July 1995

Number of new Internet domains registered in British Columbia, May, 1995: 343
Number of new Internet domains registered in Manhattan, May, 1995: 340
Source: Mike Walsh, Internet Info (p00426@psilink.com)

Number of Internet access providers in Egypt: 4
Source: Lips's list of access providers

Estimated average speed of traffic on I-5 in San Diego at 12:01 AM today: 68
Source: San Diego traffic report

Share price for Spyglass, Inc., initial public offering: $17

Percentage of Internet users using local access providers: 28
Source: 3rd WWW User Survey

Number of subscribers to the Internet Index mailing list: 7290


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