China calculates cost of spam

Posted by Virus Bulletin on Apr 1, 2006

Lost productivity costs dear.

Spam is costing China $756m (6.069 billion yuan) every year according to estimates by the Internet Society of China (ISC). The figure, published in China's Anti-spam Report of 2006, reflects the fact that (according to the report) Chinese Internet users receive an average of 19.33 spam emails per week, and spend an average of 13.15 minutes dealing with those emails.

Posted on 01 April 2006 by Virus Bulletin

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