Jupiter Communications estimates that 20.9 million children, aged two to 12, in the U.S. will be surfing the web in 1998 compared to 2.7 million in 1997. This is due, in part, to an enormous increase in spending by the U.S. federal government to wire schools and libraries
On November 23, 1998, President Clinton's administration disbursed the first installment of a $1.9 billion Internet access subsidy package called E-rate.
Source:Jupiter Communications, cited in The Industry Standard, December 4, 1998
