[Telecentres] how many telecenters continued

[Ashish Saboo]

Don, 
  I can't agree more with your observation, yes they number as many as Barber shops or news agents in the Asian countries . I just read a Philiphines based news digest columnist share the same view. http://www.mb.com.ph/TECH2004122825305.html . 
   Given the low entry & exit barrier, the float remains constant to reducing .
    The Best estimates between 20,000 to 2,00,000 are just wild guess. I remember reading news stories of China itself host to 200,000 cafes.
    In South korea where "PC Bangs" are regarded as the  strongest driving forces to raise Korean software industry had over 20,000 cafes in 2002 . http://mcel.pacificu.edu/aspac/papers/scholars/parkb/park.htm 
  but with abundance of broadband , they are diminishing. 

Here in India, Bangalore city Police estimates 5000 centres , on whom they have enacted a law which demands you to prove your identity before you access the Internet. add Mumbai another 5,000. 

Maybe a reverse hypothesis may work , lets say how many minutes of information access is required which can be best served by telecentres of all the hues. At least this number will give us the relevance & scope of our operations . Look forward to you all members comments. 

Thanks 

Ashish Saboo 
India 





On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 Don Cameron wrote :
>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 cafés 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 Cafés 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
>
>

Ashish Saboo
President
Association of Public Internet Access Provider (ApiAp)
The voice of independent Cyber cafe operators
URL: http://www.apiap.cybernook.net
Blog: http://apiap.blogspot.com





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