Ahhh! The Internet is Shrinking!
Scott Horne (Webprofessor) just noted the latest ISC report which is indicating that the number of Internet hosts has dropped since January 2006. This is the first drop in hosts seen since the statistics were first taken in 1993.
The Internet Systems Consortium reported that for the first time ever there has been a decrease in the number of internet hosts. The Economist speculates that this may be due to an aggregation of internet hosts on a single domain. I am not sure what it means just yet so its a curious statistic I’ll be pondering for a few days. Any thoughts?
For those that don’t know, the number of hosts reflects the number of websites and other servers/systems connected to the Internet. A smaller number indicates that the ‘mass’ of the Internet is less. There is some speculation that this is due to slowing economic conditions.
