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Article: Slow net gains ; As more Indians get connected and access a host of news and social networking sites, India's Internet traffic is showing a marked increase. According to Akamai Technology's Quarterly State of the Internet Report for the third quarter of 2008, India had 2.6 million Internet protocol (IP) addresses up 23 per cent over the second quarter this year. Most Indians continued to use the internet for e- mail and social networking.
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- December 28, 2008
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As more Indians get connected and access a host of news and
social networking sites, India's Internet traffic is showing a
marked increase. According to Akamai Technology's Quarterly State of
the Internet Report for the third quarter of 2008, India had 2.6
million Internet protocol (IP) addresses up 23 per cent over the
second quarter this year. Most Indians continued to use the internet
for e-mail and social networking.
However, despite India's seemingly impressive growth, it lags
well behind leaders like the US and China, with 109 and 38 million
IP addresses, respectively. The much-talked ...