"The Code Red virus alone infected more than 300,000 workplace computers in 14 hours and cost more than $2.6 billion worldwide. InformationWeek Research estimates the cost of security-related downtime to U.S. businesses in the past 12 months at $273 billion. Worldwide, the tally was $1.39 trillion.

"...almost 80 percent of American homes have access to at least one form of broadband connection, while half of those have a choice of three or more providers. "