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Subject: Canada -- Daramatic Internet Growth and Price Reductions
>Date: Fri, 31 Mar 95 10:58:52 PST >From: "Bill St. Arnaud +1 613 660-3497" <bstarn@canarie.ca> >Subject: Daramatic Internet Growth and Price Reductions >To: CANARIE National Test Network <testnet@canarie.ca> > > >Some of our European and American friends may be interested to know how much >it costs to establish a personal Web site in Canada. In Ottawa there are now >a couple of ISP's who include a personal web site as part of their service >offering. > >The Cost is $CDN 225 per year or $CDN 25 per month (approx $US 160/yr or $US >15/mo) which includes 50 hours dial up access at 28.8 Kbps SLIP/PPP and >includes 3 Mbytes of Personal Web Disk Space on the host server at T1 access >speeds!! > >With these kinds of deals all sorts of individuals, associations and small >businesses will be putting up their own Web sites. The growth in Internet >traffic is going to be absolutely phenomenal and drive the demand for >broadband networks. > >To give you an indication of the growth of Internet traffic -- in Canada-- in >1992 the Internet traffic in Canada was doubling every 5.3 months, in 1993 it >was doubling every 4.8 months, in 1994 it was doubling every 4.4 months, and >by all indications so far in 1995 it will be doubling at rate somewhat less >than every 4 months! > >These growth rates are playing havoc with any attempts to predict traffic >volumes 2 or 3 years hence. Traditional telecommunications industry >forecasters are used to making traffic predictions 5 years out with >confidence levels approaching 85%. With the Internet, you can't predict more >than 6 months out, and even at that you may have less than a 50% confidence >level in your forecasts!! > > >Bill > >------------------------------------- >Bill St. Arnaud Voice: +1 613 660-3497 >CANARIE Inc FAX: +1 613 660-3806 >Ste 400 Home: +1 613 238-8912 >410 Laurier Ave W e-mail: bill.st.arnaud@canarie.ca >Ottawa, CANADA http://www.canarie.ca/bstarn >K1P 6H5 >************************************************************ > The Canadian Network for the Advancement of > Research, Industry and Education >************************************************************ >
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