Communication policy is social policy, and effective policy makers require accurate information as to where we stand and where we are heading. One aspect of this is an understanding of the global diffusion of the Internet. Actual Internet traffic growth rates of 100 percent per year are considerably less than the much-ballyhooed doubling every 3 or 4 months. But even these observed rates are still unprecedented and should be provoking new ways of planning. Peter Lyman and Hal R. Varian.
Problems arise with the exponential growth of shoddy online poll taking and careless poll reporting.
H. Scott Matthews, Chris T. Hendrickson and Lester Lave. Shane Greenstein reflects on the meaning of numbers. A Cynic's View. A veteran of government service, Ron Marks asks a few elementary questions about the economics of the Net. The Standard Europe Education Policy Analysis Archives Etc.