Internet Counts: Measuring the Impacts of the Internet (1998)

GNP per capita

number of telephones

number of telephones per capita

indicators of penetration of telephone service in rural areas

indicators of penetration of electrical power in rural areas

density of population in rural areas

percentage of population in urban areas

indicators of the strength of markets for personal computers, modems, and related technologies

estimated cost, time, and rate of success in establishing an ISP

estimated cost, time, and rate of success in establishing an ISP account

nondiscriminatory access to Internet service

modem and/or computer tariff

waiting time for a telephone line

cost for installation of a telephone line

waiting time for a leased line

cost per minute to access points of presence (POPs)

commercial availability of modems and computers

local service for modems and computers

total number of ISPs

total bandwidth to outside country (kilobytes/second)

total number of modems connected to ISP servers for dial-up access

total number of leased lines to customers

total number of POPs

total number of secondary-city POPs

percentage of population within local calling area of POP

percentage of send failures (messages that fail to reach their destination)

average delivery time of e-mail/data transfer from each ISP to every ISP

average delivery time of messages

average time to check an empty mailbox

mean connect speed of subscribers

call failure rates for ISPs (the percentage of calls that fail to connect to the Web)

number of members in an information industry association or ISP association

number of ISPs offering full Internet service

percentage of nonprofit ISPs

number and percentage of profitable ISPs

prices charged by ISPs for Internet access

total funds invested by ISPs in expansion

total ISP revenue

number of foreign- and domestic-owned ISPs

number of local technical staff

number of ISPs offering user training

number of institutions that monitor their own traffic, use, and number of hits on pages

average number of years of schooling of adult population

literacy rate

number of information technology courses offered in universities

average salary of Web designers and other ISP employees

percentage of ISPs offering Web hosting, Web design, and other services

ratio of national, regional, and international traffic to total traffic (both coming into and going out of the country)

number of home pages on domestic servers

ratio of national, regional, and international participation in listserves and news groups

total number of subscribers by category of user

average number of workstations per subscriber

average number of people with access per workstation

rate of change in the number of subscribers

turnover rate

total traffic (kilobytes per day)

total connect time per day

total number of e-mails per day

average subscriber connect time

average subscriber connections per day

number of subscribers using leased lines

Internet use for:

communication

downloading software

interactive discussions

noninteractive discussions

use of another computer

real-time audio or video

searches for product/service information

purchases based on Web information

searches for company/organization information

searches for other information on the Web

browsing/exploring

seeing what is new at a favorite Web site

business purposes

percentage of users who connect from their own homes

percentage of users who connect from an office

percentage of users who connect from both home and office

percentage of users who connect from an Internet cafe or business center

price elasticity of demand

fees paid to an ISP for leased-line, dial-up service, and other services

installation fee(s)

fees (fixed and/or usage dependent) paid to the telephone company

price of a phone call per minute to connect with the ISP

costs to the organization of Internet training courses and staff salaries paid during training

number of messages/transactions to/from/by an organization per day that are domestic versus regional versus international in source or destination

reported relative importance of the Internet versus other means

cost savings on communications

time savings on communications

ratio of Internet to other channels in obtaining information

percentage of an institution's dissemination through the Internet

percentage of total public information made available through the Internet

number of Web server hits or requests fulfilled per month from domestic versus regional versus international sources

number of electronic newsletters or bulletins produced

number of subscribers to newsletters and/or bulletins

number and percentage of people trained in using the Internet

number and percentage of subscribers with a LAN

number of top/middle/lower-level users in an organization with access to the Internet

relative importance placed on the Internet by top/middle/lower-level staff

number of networks and "virtual organizations" of which an institution is a member

investments in computer and other telecommunications facilities

approximate number of users who (1) use e-mail, (2) "surf," (3) maintain own (individual or organization) home page, and (4) use an Intranet

presence of a distinct information strategy as part of an organization 's overall organizational strategies and plans

change in number of people involved in an institution's decisionmaking

relative importance of the Internet versus other means of gathering data and information in decisionmaking

total number of subscribers per sector

increase in the number of subscribers per sector

percentage of Internet use per sector for (1) e-mail, (2) "surfing," (3) maintaining a (individual or organization) home page, and (4) use of an Intranet

number of subscribers in primary city and secondary cities

number of schools/universities with Internet access

number of students with Internet access

average time of student access

number of teachers with Internet access

number of training courses on the Internet offered to teachers

quality of training courses on the Internet offered to teachers (accreditation)

number of new courses offered since the Internet was introduced

number of schools/universities utilizing distance education via the Internet

number of courses that supplement conventional teaching methods with distance education or other Internet-dependent technologies

number of students enrolled in distance education

number of nonuniversity institutions offering distance education

ratio of job placement of students with Internet experience/training in school to overall placement

ratio of average starting salaries of individuals with Internet experience/training in school to overall starting salaries

number of scholars/researchers attracted to a university/country (in part) because of Internet access

rates of participation of African firms in international markets

rates of participation of foreign firms in African markets

numbers of Web pages providing information on a market

numbers of persons communicating about a market on the Internet

volume of transactions in a market using the Internet

number (percentage) of chambers of commerce with Internet access

number (percentage) of other business organizations with Internet access

number of small and medium-sized enterprises with Internet access

number of small and medium-sized enterprises posting products and prices on the Internet

rate of change in the value of an enterprise's exports (imports) since acquiring Internet access

rate of change in the value of a country's exports (imports) since acquiring Internet access

rate of change in the value of a firm's exports since acquiring Internet access

number of companies reporting growth since availability of the Internet

number of firms engaged in electronic commerce

value of sales via the Internet

funds allocated by private companies to Internet-related training

growth rates of private telecenters that provide Internet services

number of ministries/departments with a presence on the Web

number of ministries/departments with e-mail reply addresses on the Web

quality of Web site content in the above-described classes of Web sites

percentage of ministries/departments who use it for dissemination of information about governmental actions or policies

number of political parties with a presence on the Web

Internet access to government policy papers and pending and existing legislation and regulations

number of organizations using Internet networks, user groups, etc., to influence government

number of list servers, news groups and conferences holding on-line discussions of public policy issues

number of NGOs with Internet access

number of publicly-available sites with free or low-cost Internet access, such as kiosks, post offices, community centers, or libraries

number of independent sources of information and news provided via the Internet

number of newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations using the Internet to collect news

number of newspapers, radio stations, TV stations, and other media with Web sites

percentage of domestic and foreign readers