National ICT Strategic Plan Government of St Kitts and Nevis more than 95% of the potential market. The Cable claims that it has deployed more fibre than C&W. It plans to connect customers who need high bandwidth connections directly to its fibre ring using fibre. Residential customers who order high speed Internet access will be served with a cable modem over the existing hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) plant. Finally, it will compete headto-head against C&W with its planned packetized voice service. St Kitts and Nevis enjoys a relatively high teledensity and growth in telephone lines. Relative to the world average for Upper-Middle income countries, St Kitts and Nevis has a higher than average teledensity at 51.76%. as per the CARANA report (page 19) Internet and PCs in St Kitts and Nevis The number of Internet hosts in St Kitts and Nevis is considerably below the averages for similar income countries. The average for Upper-Middle income countries is 37 hosts per 10,000 population. SKN has 2.06 hosts per 10,000 inhabitants. The number of Internet users in St Kitts and Nevis in 1999 was above the average for UpperMiddle income countries, that being 461 per 10,000 population. SKN had 516 users per 10,000 population. There is a high percentage of PCs per 100 population compared to other countries of similar income levels (5.8 per 100 population for Upper-Middle income countries). SKN stands at 15.48 PCs per 100 population. There are also some 3,000 Internet accounts in the country, which is relatively high for an emerging economy with high Internet-access prices. The relatively high availability of PCs and the comparatively low use of the Internet is likely a direct result of limited access and costs. Ministry of Finance, Sustainable Development, Information and Technology November, 2006 19