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Broadband access	6,332,000		[8th of 31]
Broadband Internet access > Broadband worldwide > Cable	11.5 %		[1st of 30]
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SOURCE: Point Topic
Broadband Internet access > Broadband worldwide > DSL	10.8 %		[18th of 30]
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Broadband Internet access
Broadband Internet access > Broadband worldwide > Other	0.1 %		[20th of 30]
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Broadband Internet access
Broadband Internet access > Broadband worldwide > Total	22.4 %		[8th of 29]
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Broadband Internet access
Broadband Internet access > Broadband worldwide > Total Subscribers	7,161,872		[8th of 30]
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Broadband Internet access
Broadband Internet access worldwide > Broadband subscribers in OECD countries > Cable	10.8		[1st of 30]
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Broadband Internet access
Broadband Internet access worldwide > Broadband subscribers in OECD countries > DSL	10.1		[17th of 30]
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Broadband Internet access worldwide
Broadband Internet access worldwide > Broadband subscribers in OECD countries > Other	0.1		[16th of 30]
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Broadband Internet access worldwide
Broadband Internet access worldwide > Broadband subscribers in OECD countries > Total	21.9		[7th of 30]
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Broadband Internet access worldwide
Broadband Internet access worldwide > Broadband subscribers in OECD countries > Total subscribers	6,706,699		[8th of 30]
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Broadband Internet access worldwide
Broadband subscribers	6,706,699		[9th of 117]
DEFINITION: Broadband subscribers are the total number of broadband subscribers with a digital subscriber line, cable modem, or other high-speed technologies. Reporting countries may have different definitions of broadband, so data are not strictly comparable across countries.		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Broadband Internet access worldwide
Communication technology patents	4.6 per 1000000 people		[11th of 18]
DEFINITION: Electric communication technique patents 1998-2000 per million population.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Country code	.ca
DEFINITION: The nation's internet code or TLD: top level domain
SOURCE: OECD, Communications Outlook 2003, Table 3.12
Hosts	5,119,000		[13th 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	217,521 Mbps		[5th 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
International Internet bandwidth > Mbps (per $ GDP)	222.697 Mbps per $1 trillion of		[10th of 184]
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Internet charges	$31.00		[18th of 18]
DEFINITION: Cost of Internet access for 40 hours at evening times at discounted rates, September 2002.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Internet Service Providers	760		[2nd of 229]
DEFINITION: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.
SOURCE: OECD, Communications Outlook 2003, Table 6.5
ISP	760		[1st of 162]
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003		View time series
Linux web servers	982		[5th of 107]
DEFINITION: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Livejournal users	89,743		[2nd of 226]
DEFINITION: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004)
SOURCE: Netcraft Linux server survey
Price basket for Internet > US$ per month	8.9 $/month		[158th 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	21,026		[5th of 183]
DEFINITION: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Secure servers	25 per 100,000 people		[3rd of 18]
DEFINITION: Number of secure servers per 100000 population (2002).
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
TLD	.ca
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: OECD, Communications Outlook 2003, Table 5.7
Users	28,000,000		[10th 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
Web sites	32.9 per 1,000 people		[7th of 18]
DEFINITION: Websites per 1000 population.
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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