| Communications | United States |
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Telephones - main lines in use:
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163.2 million (2007) |
Telephones - main lines in use density:
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532 Telephones - main lines in use per 1000 people |
Telephones - mobile cellular:
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255 million (2007) |
Telephones - mobile cellular - density:
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831 mobile cellular telephones in use per 1000 capita |
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; multiple ocean cable systems provide international connectivity; 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) |
Radio broadcast stations:
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AM 4,789, FM 8,961, shortwave 19 (2006) |
Radio broadcast stations AM density:
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64,150 people per AM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations FM density:
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34,284 people per FM Radio broadcast station |
Radio broadcast stations shortwave density:
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16,169,060 people per shortwave Radio broadcast station |
Television broadcast stations:
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2,218 (2006) |
Television broadcast stations density:
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138,509 people per Television broadcast station |
Internet country code:
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.us |
Internet hosts:
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316 million (2008); note - the US Internet total host count includes the following top level domain host addresses: .us, .com, .edu, .gov, .mil, .net, and .org |
Internet users:
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223 million (2008) |
Internet users - density:
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726 internet users per 1000 capita |
Communications - note:
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void |
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