The graph below shows the percentage of urban/suburban and rural households in a European country that had acces between 1999 and 2004.

The Bar chart compares the rates at which urban/suburban and rural households had a connection to the

Internet

from the year 1999 to 2004

Overall

, it is noticeable that houses with

internet

access in the Urban/Suburban region continued to remain higher than houses in the rural region across the period In 1999, only a few apartments in both regions had access to the

Internet

.

However

, in the year ,2000 the rate of residence with

internet

connection in developed areas had doubled which was about 30%

while

that of the rural fields had a slight increase of about 15%. In the following years, households with online access in suburban/urban locations experienced a dramatic increase all through the years

while

homes in rural areas noticed a gradual increase and by the end of the period (2004), houses with

internet

entry in suburban and urban areas were about 55%

while

that of the rural region was about 35%.