• DIGITAL DEMOCRACY, INTERNET VOTING: Americans are generally willing to try new technologies for voting, and the type they're most comfortable trying is as familiar as their bank ATM (Gartner Group). http://cyberatlas.com/big_picture/hardware/article/0,,5921_538371,00.html
• DIGITAL DEMOCRACY, POLITICAL CANDIDATE WEB SITES: 56% of candidates for House and Senate positions during the 2000 election had web sites. (NetElection.org & The University of Pennsylvania).  http://www.emarketer.com/estatnews/estats/edemographics/20010119_politics.html?ref=wn
• DIGITAL DEMOCRACY, POLITICAL NEWS: 18% of all Americans went online for election news during campaign 2000 — a 4% increase over 1996. (Pew, Dec. 2000). http://www.people-press.org/online00rpt.htm
• DIGITAL DEMOCRACY: 2000 Presidential race inspired more than 6,700 Web sites through May 2000. (New York Times, May 21, 2000).
• DIGITAL DEMOCRACY: A recent report has found that 19.5% of people in the US refer to the internet as their primary news source. http://www.emarketer.com/estatnews/estats/edemographics/20010226_news_sources.html?ref=wn
• DIGITAL DEMOCRACY: George W. Bush Web site received 183,000 unique visitors for the month of May, 2000, and 89,000 unique visitors logged onto the Gore 2000 Web site. (Industry Standard, June 9, 2000).
  

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Research organizations differ on many measurements and predictions. Cisco Systems cannot verify the accuracy of all of the findings. We include all credible information to offer a glimpse into the range of estimates and predictions.

Abbreviations / acronyms used herein are defined and explained more fully in the issue briefs available at Cisco’s public policy page. Most common acronyms include DSL (digital subscriber line service, which is high speed Internet access over telephone lines); WAN (wide area network connections link different organizations such as schools across a region); LAN (local area network connections link computers within an organization)