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Since
2000, cities and towns with a population
of 2 to 10 lakhs have shown the fastest
rate of growth in internet adoption.
In
stark contrast, the share of top eight metros
by population has fallen from a peak of
77 per cent in 2000 to a modest 38 per cent
in 2007, according to the report which is
jointly conducted by the Internet and Mobile
Association of India and IMRB International.
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International senior vice president and BIRD
Group IMRB country manger Mohan Krishnan said,
"The distribution of internet users among
the four classes of cities covered by the
I-Cube has been steadily becoming more equitable,
a sure sign that internet is being gradually
but steadily expanding to the smaller towns
and cities."
Internet
and Mobile Association of India president
Subho Ray said, "The town class distribution
of internet use in 2007 certainly reflects
the aspiration of sections of non-metro
population to 'live locally but connect
globally'."
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The
report says better availability of bandwidth,
lower cost of computers, increasing computer
literacy and awareness of the usefulness
of internet as a tool for communicating
and commerce are some of the factors that
is taking the internet to smaller towns
and cities of India.
The
cities covered by the survey include Mumbai,
Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad,
Ahmedabad, Pune, Patna, Lucknow, Ludhiana,
Coimbatore, Guwahati, Surat, Nagpur, Bhopal,
Bhubaneshwar, Durg, Vishakhapatnam, Trichy,
Bellary, Panipat, Trisshur and Jalgaon covering
65,000 households.
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