Yes this is very interesting. Does anyone know of a good website site that has this data? I had one in my favorites until my PC died and it was lost. That is why I love macs. Anyone know of a good book on this as well. I would like to know adoption rates, first isp's and where country's rank. -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Nik John Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 9:42 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] comparative cross-national diffusion of the internet Plenty of histories of the Internet in the US have been written. Much has been said on the variables that it is claimed predict rates of Internet adoption in other countries around the world. However, I'm interested in when different countries first hooked up and especially when the first commercial ISPs started operating in different countries. Can anyone give me that information for the country they live in? Or direct me to historical reviews of the network in various countries? For what it's worth, I'm doing quite a micro-level, STS-style analysis of the appearance of the Internet in the context of Israel, a relatively early adopter, as far as I can tell. Any leads or information will be much appreciated! Nik ---------------------------------- Nicholas John, PhD Candidate Department of Sociology and Anthropology The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Home: 03 578 1993 Mobile: 054 7609073 _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/