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Tabular Data - Communications in United States
| Telephones - Main Lines In Use : |
181,599,900 (2003) |
| Telephones - Cellular : |
158.722 million (2003) |
| Telephone System : |
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; 24 ocean cable systems in use; 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 Stations : |
AM 4,762, FM 5,542, shortwave 18 (1998) |
| Radios : |
575,000,000 (1997) |
| Television Stations : |
more than 1,500 (including nearly 1,000 stations affiliated with the five major networks - NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, and PBS; in addition, there are about 9,000 cable TV systems) (1997) |
| Televisions : |
219 million (1997) |
| Internet Country Code : |
.us |
| Internet Service Providers (ISPs) : |
7,000 (2002 est.) |
| Internet Users : |
159 million (2002) |
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