1 percent in Ukraine use the Internet (03/21/99)

1 percent in Ukraine use the Internet

UNIAN

KYIV - One percent of the population of Ukraine, or some 500,000 to 600,000 persons, use the Internet, according to the director of Ukraine OnLine, Chaim Shaposhnik.

He also reported that, according to various sources, there are between 50,000 and 150,000 Internet connections.

In this respect Ukraine is behind not only the West, but also Russia, where the Internet is used by 2 percent of the population. In Europe between 8 and 17 percent of the population uses the Internet, while in the U.S. the figure is 15 percent.

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