Figure 1:  Internet growth: No longer exponential, but still mightily impressive

Internet host computers and growth rate, January 1990 - July 1998, and compound annual growth rates, 1990-97

Note: For the left chart, the latest data is valid for mid-1998, not end-year. The growth rate shown are annualised rates.
Source: ITU World Telecommunication Indicators Database, Network Wizards, Compaq, RIPE.