Pacific / Northern Marianas

Connectivity continues to rise in CNMI

16:31 pm on 7 March 2016

Close to 90 percent of homes in the Northern Marianas have internet connectivity, according to a new survey.

The Department of Commerce survey shows the percentage of people with internet at home jumped from about 68 percent in 2011 to about 87 percent in 2014.

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The survey involved over 1,540 households.

It's the third straight year that Internet connectivity in the Commonwealth has increased.

Last July, Saipan e-commerce and electronic and digital communication came to a standstill when the undersea cable of IT&E was severed, effectively isolating Saipan from the rest of the world.