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Historical Internet Traffic Growth

Because of the distributed nature of the Internet, there is no single point of measurement for total Internet traffic. Internet traffic data from public peering points can give an indication of Internet volume and growth, but these figures exclude traffic that remains within a single service provider's network as well as traffic that crosses private peering points. Aggregating from multiple sources and applying usage and bitrate assumptions, Cisco
Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, that designs and sells consumer electronics, networking, voice, and communications technology and services. Cisco has more than 70,000 employees and annual revenue of US$...

, a major network systems company, has published the following historical IP and Internet traffic figures:
Year Global IP Traffic (PB/month) Global Internet Traffic (PB/month)
1990 0.001 0.001
1991 0.002 0.002
1992 0.005 0.004
1993 0.01 0.01
1994 0.02 0.02
1995 0.18 0.17
1996 1.9 1.8
1997 5.4 5.0
1998 12 11
1999 28 26
2000 84 75
2001 197 175
2002 405 356
2003 784 681
2004 1,477 1,267
2005 2,426 2,055
2006 3,992 3,339
2007 6,430 5,219
2008 9,927 7,639
2009 14,414 10,676
2010 20,197 14,984


The following table shows the amount of backbone
Internet backbone
The Internet backbone refers to the principal data routes between large, strategically interconnected networks and core routers in the Internet...

 traffic in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

:
Year Data (TB/month)
1990 1
1991 2
1992 4
1993 8
1994 16
1995 NA
1996 1,500
1997 2,500–4,000
1998 5,000–8,000
1999 10,000–16,000
2000 20,000–35,000
2001 40,000–70,000
2002 80,000–140,000
2003 NA
2004 NA
2005 NA
2006 450,000–800,000
2007 750,000–1,250,000
2008 1,200,000–1,800,000
2009 1,900,000–2,400,000

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