Forecast A New Look at the Internet Forecast newsletter, October 1996 Give up, humans.
Further resistance is useless.
In April 1996, the Internet was available to 24 percent of persons aged 16 and older in the U.S. and Canada. Eight months earlier, only 16 percent had access, according to Nielsen Media Research. People who used the Internet in August 1995 were likely to use it more heavily when Nielsen recontacted them in April 1996. Newcomers to the Net are still an elite group, but they are moving toward national averages. Among those whose first contact with the Internet was between August 1995 and April 1996, only 11 percent are computer professionals, compared with 23 percent of those with access in August 1995.