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 illustrates the proportions of urban/suburban and rural households located in a European-based country with

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access, between 1999 and 2004.

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, the number of

houses

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that acquired the global network , no matter of their location, saw a gradual growth over the years.

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the percentages of residential units in the metropolis had exceeded those in the countryside throughout the given period. In 1999, only 10% of urban/suburban

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had

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access,

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less than 5% of rural homes had

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feature.

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, with the start of the new decade, the number of

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in the city that have obtained an

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connection has risen markedly to 30%.

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, countryside households percentages were under 10%, and didn’t reach

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figure until 2001, and by that, the number of city households experienced another growth to 40%. In 2002, 50% of urban/suburban residential units were able to use the digital network,

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to less than 20% of rural homes. But in the

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two years, there was a slight growth in percentages of civic

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with

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access , with a marginally above 50% in 2003, and around 55% in 2004. Meanwhile, considerably more than 20% of outer city

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had a connection to the global network in 2003, and the numbers escalated to over 30% the following year.