[Telecentres] how many telecenters continued

[Don Cameron]

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