If you have ever been to Egypt you will have been stunned by the sheer number of people who have Broadband which is quite an expensive service everywhere! However, we Egyptians are caring beings and believe in loving our neighbours so households share internet connections and split the cost. This socially acceptable ‘fad’ was recently proven by the ‘Egypt Households Telecoms and Media Survey Report 2008'. The survey basically showed that nearly 1 million households in Egypt have access to ADSL which is great news for a somewhat ‘developing company’.

The survey also showed that over 63% shared their lines with their neighbours and over 80% of those people shared the connection with more than three people! These results of course clearly show how important ‘Internet Cafes’ in Egyptian society as 27.8% of internet users in the land of the Pharaohs relied on these Cafes for their internet access. Another interesting fact that this survey revealed is that 81.2% of the users preferred to browse internet web pages in Arabic language.

By Karim