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Survey Of Problems Of CybercafÉ
[A CASE STUDY OF 80 CYBERCAFÉS IN ASABA]
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At present every capital city and major towns in Nigeria have internet
public access services. As indicated by 2002 status report on the Africa
internet (1) as of mid-2002 the internet of dial-up internet
subscribers was close to 1.7m in Africa, 20 percent up from the previous
year mainly bolstered by growth in a few of the larger countries such
as Egypt, South Africa, Morocco and Nigeria, that charred public access
and the use of corporate networks is continuing to grow at greater rates
than he number of dial-up users. The report further notes that there
are now many thousands of cyber-café in the major cities of Nigeria run
by small entrepreneur who are allowed by the regulator of provide VOIP
services as part of the cyber-café license, which costs about $500 a
year. These cyber-cafes are growing in number at the passing of each
day.
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS
This means the reasons why the
researcher have chosen to study a particular research. Cyber-café has
variety of problems that affect them. It include
a. High cost of internet connectivity
b. Frequent/occasional loss of contact with internet service provider (ISP)
c. Frequent electricity interruption
d. The poor state of high telecommunication charges in Nigeria.
e. High cost of maintaining equipment.
HIGH COST OF INTERNET CONNECTIVITY
Cyber-cafes
have thus become very important in Nigeria, as the cost of having
internet connectivity is so high that private individuals cannot afford
it.
However, some educational institution (especially tertiary
institutions) corporate organization and business centers do have
computer in the country – though except in a very few organization and
some cyber-cafes, most of these computers are not connected to the
internet. This is due to the high cost of connectivity.
FREQUENT/OCCASSIONAL LOSS OF CONTACT WITH INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER (ISP)
It
is common place to experience loss of contact from internet service
provider when one is using cyber-café. The loss of contact could last
for a few second, minutes, hours or could last for a day to several days
and is very discouraging hen it is experienced.
FREQUENT ELECTRICITY INTERRUPTION.
There
are a number of circumstances which prevent cyber-café from offering
more and better services in addition to internet access provision. From
time to time electricity supply is interrupted in the country and this
affects the provision of internet services by cyber-café
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study reveals that the problems of Cybercafés in Delta state, Nigeria by means of questionnairesData were collected from Cybercafés, frequency counts and simple percentages were used to analyze the data generated.Findings revealed the problems militating against internet services in the cybercafés as well as some recommendation that can facilitate the operations of cafes. ... Continue reading---
