The Density of Networking
	1984: 10,000 network connections

Now I'm going to spout some numbers. I can't prove that the numbers are absolutely right, but you can't prove that they're wrong, so let's call it a draw.

In 1984, there are about ten thousand network connections in the United States. By a "network conntion", I mean a place where you could walk up to a terminal and type "telnet stanford" (or "telnet mit") and establish a connection to a remote computer.

Note that there are over 120K towns in the United States. This means that on average, only one of out twelve towns would have a network connection -- you'd have to travel a long way to get online.

But check out that flashing square...