You actually see people spending more time online because you've eliminated the pain of waiting. And they spend more money because online shopping is easier.

People are increasingly using the Internet for easy price comparisons. Also, the reliability of delivery of a product bought over the Internet has increased.

They look at music videos, news clips and movie trailers. They're not watching many complete shows yet, but that's coming.

It looks eerily similar to the boom days. A slew of new Internet companies are competing across a whole bunch of categories. It's really jumping.

The growth of 25 percent we're now seeing vs. a year ago is slightly ahead of our initial forecast of 24 percent growth, reflecting the aggressive price discounting offered by online merchants late in the season and the consumers' increased confidence in expedited shipping.

The 2006 year opened on a strong note, with solid growth of 33 percent in online non-travel sales versus the same period in 2005. It's clear based on what we're seeing so far in 2006 that the strength in online sales will not wane anytime soon.