Latvia still improving Internet access

  • 1998-07-30
  • By Daniel Silva
Despite a rise last year in the number of people with access to the Internet in Latvia, the country still lags behind Estonia and the rest of Europe in this area."The Lithuanians without much great effort can match us (in Internet access)," said Bruno Martuzans, the director of educational programs at LatNet, the largest Internet service provider in Latvia. "But to catch up to Estonia, it would be rather difficult I think."There are currently 7,088 "host" computers in Latvia – twice that of Lithuania but only half of Estonia. A "host" computer, or server, is a computer with a permanent Inte...
 
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