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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2019): JS International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research

Comparing the Internet Consumption in Developed and Developing Countries

Submitted
August 15, 2021
Published
December 23, 2019

Abstract

The internet has been one of our most revolutionary, fastest growing, and still expanding technologies across globe. The number of internet users across the world that were known to be only around 413 million in 2000 had increased to over 3.4 billion in 2016. The one billion barrier was crossed much earlier in 2005 itself. According to different statistics, over the past five years, an average of 640,000 people every day went online for the first time.

A comparison of trend of use of Internet bandwidth in developed countries vs. that in less developed countries or developing countries has always been on interest of multiple communities.

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