This does make for an interesting exercise... Of the figures available, the "best estimates" seem to place the total number of global cyber-cafes and Telecentre's at somewhere between 20,000 to 200,000 - quite a variation! - although perhaps not surprising considering earlier this year China closed 8,600 cyber caf�s in just a 3 month period(1) comparable to the 3,300 cafes closed in China over a 6 month period in 2002(2).
Counting Telecentre's and Cyber Caf�s is probably akin to counting take-away hamburger shops or newsagents... There are so may opening and closing simultaneously that I doubt you could achieve anything near a qualitative assessment of the real number at any given time - but good luck in your efforts. (1) http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/05/07/1083881475636.html?oneclick=true (2) http://computercops.biz/article1962.html Rgds, Don _______________________________________________ telecentres mailing list [email protected] http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/telecentres To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
