Internet milestones 1

In 1991 the World Wide Web (www) was created. By 1994 about 40 million people were connected to the Internet. They could exchange information, sell goods and work from any computer with a phone line. Schools started using it as an electronic library. By 1996 users in almost 150 countries around the world connected to the Internet. High – speed broadband and wireless access is now widespread and more and more businesses are using the Internet. The number of people using the Internet more then doubled from 2000 to 2007, with the number in China increasing nearly six times. More than one billion people use the Internet worldwide. The Internet began to be used commercially and by governments and universities.