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Global Internet Traffic

Aggregating from multiple sources and applying usage and bitrate assumptions, Cisco Systems, a major network systems company, has published the following historical Internet Protocol (IP) and Internet traffic figures:

Global Internet traffic by year

Year		 IP Traffic
(PB/month)		 Fixed Internet Traffic
(PB/month)		 Mobile Internet Traffic
(PB/month)
1990 0.001 0.001
1991 0.002 0.002 n/a
1992 0.005 0.004 n/a
1993 0.01 0.01 n/a
1994 0.02 0.02 n/a
1995 0.18 0.17 n/a
1996 1.9 1.8 n/a
1997 5.4 5.0 n/a
1998 12 11 n/a
1999 28 26 n/a
2000 84 75 n/a
2001 197 175 n/a
2002 405 356 n/a
2003 784 681 n/a
2004 1,477 1,267 n/a
2005 2,426 2,055 0.9
2006 3,992 3,339 4
2007 6,430 5,219 15
2008 9,927 7,639 38
2009 14,414 10,676 92
2010 20,197 14,929 256
2011 27,483 20,634 597

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