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Computing & Internet Diffusion
Internet Usage in Cote d’Ivoire:
Source: Agence des Telecommunications de Cote d’Ivoire (2003)
Note: Data on numbers of PC’s was not found.
As we can see from the table above, there is a big difference between the total number of Internet subscribers from the five ISPs and the total number of Internet users. This is due to the fact that the majority of Internet users are not subscribers. They either access the Internet through somebody else’s computer such as friend or relative, or they go to a cybercafe. Cybercafes have become immensely popular over the past five years and are responsible for a large portion of the Internet traffic in Cote d’Ivoire. The five ISPs were hosting a total of 156 websites at the end of 2003 but a lot of Ivorian websites are hosted outside of the country therefore the actual number of websites is much higher than 156.
Most high schools, small businesses, and government offices are still not connected to the Internet.
Thanks to an underwater fiber-optic cable put in service two years ago, all of West Africa is technically connected to DSL.[1] Due to the recent availability of DSL connections, we can anticipate that businesses that have been relying on dial-up connections because broadband costs were prohibitive will finally have access to high-speed connections. | |||||||||||||||||||
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