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Broadband subscribers	165,290		[48th of 117]
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Country code	.za
DEFINITION: The nation's internet code or TLD: top level domain
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Hosts	1,297,000		[34th of 228]
DEFINITION: This entry lists the number of Internet hosts available within a country. An Internet host is a computer connected directly to the Internet; normally an Internet Service Provider's (ISP) computer is a host. Internet users may use either a hard-wired terminal, at an institution with a mainframe computer connected directly to the Internet, or may connect remotely by way of a modem via telephone line, cable, or satellite to the Internet Service Provider's host computer. The number of hosts is one indicator of the extent of Internet connectivity.		View time series
SOURCE: IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
International Internet bandwidth > Mbps	881.5 Mbps		[57th of 167]
DEFINITION: International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic.		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Internet Service Providers	150		[10th of 229]
DEFINITION: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
ISP	150		[4th of 162]
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003		View time series
Linux web servers	85		[20th of 107]
DEFINITION: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Livejournal users	682		[37th of 226]
DEFINITION: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004)
SOURCE: Netcraft Linux server survey
Price basket for Internet > US$ per month	63.21 $/month		[18th of 180]
DEFINITION: Price basket for Internet is calculated based on the cheapest available tariff for accessing the Internet 20 hours a month (10 hours peak and 10 hours off-peak). The basket does not include the telephone line rental but does include telephone usage charges if applicable. Data are compiled in the national currency and converted to U.S. dollars using the annual average exchange rate.		View time series
SOURCE: LiveJournal
Secure Internet servers	1,104		[26th of 183]
DEFINITION: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
TLD	.za
DEFINITION: This entry includes the two-letter codes maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in the ISO 3166 Alpha-2 list and used by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to establish country-coded top-level domains (ccTLDs).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Users	5,100,000		[23rd of 190]
DEFINITION: This entry gives the number of users within a country that access the Internet. Statistics vary from country to country and may include users who access the Internet at least several times a week to those who access it only once within a period of several months.		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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