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Broadband access	40,876,000		[1st of 31]
Broadband Internet access > Broadband worldwide > Cable	9.8 %		[3rd of 30]
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SOURCE: Point Topic
Broadband Internet access > Broadband worldwide > DSL	8 %		[21st of 30]
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Broadband Internet access
Broadband Internet access > Broadband worldwide > Other	1.4 %		[6th of 30]
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Broadband Internet access
Broadband Internet access > Broadband worldwide > Total	19.2 %		[11th of 29]
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Broadband Internet access
Broadband Internet access > Broadband worldwide > Total Subscribers	56,502,351		[1st of 30]
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Broadband Internet access
Broadband Internet access worldwide > Broadband subscribers in OECD countries > Cable	9		[3rd of 30]
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Broadband Internet access
Broadband Internet access worldwide > Broadband subscribers in OECD countries > DSL	6.5		[22nd of 30]
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Broadband Internet access worldwide
Broadband Internet access worldwide > Broadband subscribers in OECD countries > Other	1.3		[6th of 30]
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Broadband Internet access worldwide
Broadband Internet access worldwide > Broadband subscribers in OECD countries > Total	16.8		[12th of 30]
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Broadband Internet access worldwide
Broadband Internet access worldwide > Broadband subscribers in OECD countries > Total subscribers	49,391,060		[1st of 30]
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Broadband Internet access worldwide
Broadband subscribers	49,391,060		[1st 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	13.1 per 1000000 people		[5th of 18]
DEFINITION: Electric communication technique patents 1998-2000 per million population.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Country code	.us
DEFINITION: The nation's internet code or TLD: top level domain
SOURCE: OECD, Communications Outlook 2003, Table 3.12
GayRomeo > Social Coverage and Impact > Registered Users > User	10		[7th of 10]
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SOURCE: IANA: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
Hosts	316,000,000		[1st 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: Wikipedia: GayRomeo
International Internet bandwidth > Mbps	970,953.5 Mbps		[1st 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)	83.135 Mbps per $1 trillion of		[29th of 184]
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Internet charges	$36.00		[15th of 18]
DEFINITION: Cost of Internet access for 40 hours at evening times at discounted rates, September 2002.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Internet Service Providers	7,000		[1st of 229]
DEFINITION: The number of Internet Service Providers within a country. An ISP is defined as a company that provides access to the Internet.
SOURCE: OECD, Communications Outlook 2003, Table 6.5
ISP	7,000		[1st of 162]
SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, December 2003		View time series
Linux web servers	11,108		[1st of 107]
DEFINITION: Total usage of Linux servers by country as of Jan 2001
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Livejournal users	1,292,820		[1st of 226]
DEFINITION: Number of users with LiveJournal accounts (Dec 2004)
SOURCE: Netcraft Linux server survey
Price basket for Internet > US$ per month	14.95 $/month		[121st 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	259,881		[1st of 183]
DEFINITION: Secure servers are servers using encryption technology in Internet transactions.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Secure servers	37.5 per 100,000 people		[1st of 18]
DEFINITION: Number of secure servers per 100000 population (2002).
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
TLD	.us
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	208,000,000		[2nd 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	63.7 per 1,000 people		[5th of 18]
DEFINITION: Websites per 1000 population.
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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