An example

• http://www.caida.org/analysis/geopolitical/bgp2country/ (source or copy)

• Which data? CIA.
  Belgium and Angola have the same population (10 millions inhabitants)

  indicator	Angola	Belgium	ratio
  tel (1997)	62,000	4,800,000	1/77
  cellular (1997)	7,000	975,000	1/139
  TV	150,000	4,720,000	1/31
  ISP (1999)	1	62	1/62
  Internet users	12,000 (1999)	2,700,000 (2000)	1/225

• What is an internet user? (second hypothesis)

Evolution since '92

• Europe, Africa and Central Asia: Number of computers linked to the internet at the date D (left), for 100,000 inhabitants. Slow, or speed

  source and data: RIPE (details left to the discussion).
  Legend
  

  green	no data
  sky blue	less than 1 for 100,000 inh.
  yellow	1 -- 50
  light orange	50 -- 500
  orange	500 -- 2000
  red	more than 2000 (max= 11,800, or 1 machine for 9 persons)
  purple rhomb	population in '96

• Analysis
  Germany reaches in '95 the level of Finland in '92
  Spain reaches in '97 the level of Finland in '92
  Romania and Turkey reach in '00 the...

  in 2000
  Liechtenstien, Island, Norway and Finland: more than 1 machine connected to the internet for 10 inhabitants
  Progression of Eastern Europe
  Senegal: 17 machines for 100,000 inh.
  Marrocco: 6
  Uganda, Ivory Coast, Egypt: 3
  Algeria, Tunisia: less than 1

• Time to look at domain names in Europe? Slow of fast