The USA has an excellent
infrastructure for communication. Internet usage is one of the highest in
the world.
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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268 million (2003) |
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Telephones - mobile cellular:
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219.4 million (2005) |
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Telephone system:
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general assessment: a large, technologically advanced, multipurpose
communications system domestic: a large system of fiber-optic cable, microwave radio relay, coaxial cable, and domestic satellites carries every form of telephone traffic; a rapidly growing cellular system carries mobile telephone traffic throughout the country international: country code - 1; 24 ocean cable systems in use; satellite earth stations - 61 Intelsat (45 Atlantic Ocean and 16 Pacific Ocean), 5 Intersputnik (Atlantic Ocean region), and 4 Inmarsat (Pacific and Atlantic Ocean regions) (2000) |
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Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 4,789, FM 8,961, shortwave 19 (2006) |
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Television broadcast stations:
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2,218 (2006) |
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Internet country code:
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.us |
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Internet hosts:
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195,138,696 (2005) |
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Internet users:
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205,326,680 (2005) |
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