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.

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 ...

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