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APPENDIX C
Pages 74-79

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... total number of modems connected to ISP servers for dial-up access total number of leased lines to customers total number of POPs total number of secondary-city POPs percentage of population within local calling area of POP Quality of Internet Sen~ce percentage of send failures (messages that fall to reach their destination) average delivery time of e-maiV4ata transfer Dom each ISP to every ISP 74
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From page 75...
... · number of home pages on domestic servers ratio of national, regional, and international participation in listse~ves and news groups INDICATORS OF INTERNET USE total number of subscribers by category of user average number of workstations per subscriber average number of people with access per workstation rate of change in the number of subscribers turnover rate total traffic (kilobytes per day) total connect time per day total number of e-ma~Is per day · average subscriber connect time · average subscriber connections per day · number of subscribers using leased lines 75
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From page 76...
... fees (fixed and/or usage dependent) paid to the telephone company price of a phone call per minute to connect with the ISP costs to the organization of Internet training courses and staff salaries paid during training INDICATORS OF IMPACTS ON FORMAL ORGANIZATIONS Perceived Benefits of the Internet number of messages/transactions to/from/by an organization per day that are domestic versus regional versus international in source or destination reported relative importance of the Internet versus other means cost savings on communications time savings on communications · ratio of Internet to other channels in obtaining information percentage of an institution's dissemination through the Internet percentage of total public information made available through the Internet number of Web server hits or requests fulfilled per month from domestic versus regional versus international sources · number of electronic newsletters or bulletins produced · number of subscribers to newsletters and/or bulletins 76
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... use of an Intranet number of subscribers in primary city and secondary cities INTERNET IMPACTS ON SECTORS AND THEIR RELATED DEVELOPMENT GOALS Education number of schools/universities with Internet access number of students with Internet access · average time of student access number of teachers with Internet access number of training courses on the Internet offered to teachers quality of training courses on the Internet offered to teachers (accreditation) number of new courses offered since the Internet was introduced number of schools/universities utilizing distance education via the Internet number of courses that supplement conventional teaching methods with distance education or other Internet-dependent technologies number of students enrolled in distance education number of nonuniversity institutions offering distance education 77
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... since acquiring Internet access rate of change in the value of a fits exports since acquiring Internet access number of companies reporting growth since availability of the Internet number of fimns engaged in electronic commerce value of sales via the Internet funds allocated by private companies to Internet-related training growth rates of private telecenters that provide Internet services Government and Civil Society number of m~nistries/departments with a presence on the Web number of m~nistries/departments with e-mai] reply addresses on the Web quality of Web site content in the above-described classes of Web sites · percentage of m~nistries/departments who use it for dissemination of information about governmental actions or policies number of political parties with a presence on the Web Internet access to government policy papers and pending and existing legislation and regulations number of organizations using Internet networks, user groups, etc., to influence government · number of list servers, news groups and conferences holding on-line discussions of public policy issues · number of NGOs with Internet access 78
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... number of publicly-available sites with Bee or low-cost Internet access, such as kiosks, post offices, community centers, or libraries number of independent sources of information and news provided via the Internet number of newspapers, radio stations, and TV stations using the Internet to collect news number of newspapers, radio stations, TV stations, and other media with Web sites percentage of domestic and foreign readers 79
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