Birds-Eye.Net tracks events and predictions related to the broadband industry each year. Note that if no source is listed, the information came from multiple sources. For global broadband numbers check out our world telecom numbers spreadsheet.

Actual Events:

Advertising:

• 22 Dotcoms advertise during the Superbowl.

CPE:

• Over 80% of the US population had a VCR in the home.

Market Milestones:

• US consumers bought $6.3 billion in online airline tickets, up from $3.5 billion in 1999.
• A quarter of the world's 1.2 billion telephone subscribers have mobile phones.
• Business-to-business Internet commerce hits $135 billion.
• One-third of companies have e-business channels accounting for 20% or more of their revenue.

Product or Service Milestones:

• Google handling more than 100 million search queries per day.
• The number of people using Napster grew from just over 1 million in February to almost 5 million in July ? a 345% increase in five months.
• Mobil phones outnumber PCs. 400 million mobile phones around the world.

Buyouts or Deals of Interest:

• AOL acquires Time Warner for $160 billion, January 10, 2000
• Terra buys Lycos for $12.5 billion, May 17, 2000

Population Trends:

• 92% of Internet users doing some degree of shopping online.
• 11 million US citizens download music for free over the Internet.
• 44% of US adults buy goods or services over the Internet.

Predictions:

NOTE: If there is any fact, event, milestone, or deal missing in our listing or if you would like to send us a correction please send us updates by clicking the following link [Email Us].

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