Internet growth is steady

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The Dominican Telecommunications Institute has 195,000 registered Internet users and the number is on the increase. During the first quarter of this year, there was a 6% growth in users. Over the last 12 years, Internet access has grown from 5,800 in 1995 to 195,000 today. There are approximately 125,000 home users and 60,000 commercial users of the service. Dial-up is still the most popular connection for users. However, only 3.1% of the population has access to the Internet, and just 0.9% of rural dwellings have the service. A bright spot seems to be the fact that the report in El Caribe says that 70% of Internet users are looking for information for academic purposes. E-mail is the second most popular use.

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