itu telecommunication indicators update 1 at the dawn of new millen nium almost every country in world was connected to internet back 1988 only seven countries were us national science foundation bone this had grown 200 coun tries a decade later most already an connection by 1997 today less than half dozen economies remain uncon nected primarily for political reasons beauty is such that first no matter how slow brings whole its riches and mover advantage also matters initial have been developed canada denmark finland france iceland norway sweden all except currently rank among top ten terms penetration consists maze permanently interconnected comput ers plus temporary connections users create when they log on former are referred as hosts numbered over 100 million beginning 2001 central nervous system inter net keeping it alive routing traffic exchanging e mails providing
