Who is going online? Results from the National Capital FreeNet

Internet Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 305-319

  Patrick, Andrew S ^a   Black, Alex ^a  

^a Industry Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community; Demographics; Donations; FreeNet; Satisfaction; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843132848     PISSN: 10662243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/10662249710187303     Document Type: Review

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