Figure 2: Internet traffic outgrowing other traffic types
Examples from Hongkong SAR, April 1998-July 1999, and Germany, Deutsche Telekom, 1997-98

Note: For left chart, the minutes of Internet use cover only dial-up access via the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), which is primarily residential use, and exclude access via leased lines, which is primarily business use. For the right chart, the statistics relate only to Deutsche Telekom’s network and exclude calls made on other networks in Germany, including those from mobilephones.

Source: ITU, adapted from OFTA, statistics available at http://www.ofta.gov.hk, and Deutsche Telekom, 1998 SEC Form 20-F.