The BBC has a new interactive infographic online that shows the growth of the internet from 1998 to present, as part of their Superpower series. In addition to the above interactive graphic, they have a 14-page slideshow on “How the Web Works” as well as some statistics like “E-mail messages sent today” (121 Billion as of this writing).
Randall Hand
Randall Hand is a computer graphics programmer and news junky that's been working in the field for the last 15 years. He's responsible for visualizations generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, ytnef, mullion support in ParaView, and VizWorld.com.