...ll-known viruses of the ’90s had completely innocuous payloads. For example, 2004’s Mydoom spread like wildfire and affected connectivity for millions o... ...- nection, and mainstream users are transitioning to always-on broadband. In July 2004 there were more U.S. consumers on broadband than on dial-up, 49... ...tion, and mainstream users are transitioning to always-on broadband. In July 2004 there were more U.S. consumers on broadband than on dial-up, 49 and ... ...es routinely infect vast swaths of Internet-connected personal computers. In 2004, for example, the Sasser worm infected more than half a million comp... ...s since 1997 has been roughly geometric, doubling each year through 2003. In 2004, CERT/CC announced that it would no longer keep track of the figure, ... ...orm there were estimated to be 60,000 distinct computers on the Internet. In July 2006 the same metrics placed the count at over 439 million. 73 World... ...16, 1998, at D8. 9. Peter H. Lewis, A Boom for On-line Services, N.Y. T, July 12, 1994, at D1. 10. Harmon, supra note 8. 11. See, e.g., Wikipedia,... ...Wireless Mesh Networking for Developing Countries, C N D, July 13, Notes to Pages 23–26 255 2006, http://www.convergedigest.com/bp... ...d in ZDN., http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-512570.html (last visited July 12, 2007). 2. See Joyce K. Reynolds, RFC 1135: The Helminthiasis of ...