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3pm Journal of Digital research & publishing
China in 2006 was only $2000 and in 2002 it was just over $1000 (State Statistics Bureau,
2006, 2002). From this we can see that the national living standard of China is gradually
improving. Our Chinese people have the ability of support the fees of both the computer
and the broadband. Therefore the number of the computer owner grows faster than before.
More and more family and persons have their own computers or even laptops. This is a
hardware support for the free download flourished in China, since without a computer
people cannot download anything.
Furthermore, compared with the fee of the dial-up access, the plan of broadband in China
is more convenient. According to the charging standard of the China Unicom, the dial-up
access is charged by minute and �0.02 per minute (China Unicom). On the other hand
in the light of the introduction on the website of China Unicom, there are lots of different
plans with the translate speed from 1Mbps to 8 Mbps focus on month, half year, year
and two year. Take the plan with 1 Mbps as an example, for a month plan the broadband
fee is �100 which is just AU$15.38, for a half year plan it is�600 (AU$92.28), for one
year plan it is �1000 (AU$153.84) and a two year plan is much cheaper only cost�1800
(AU$276.92) (China Unicom). All these plans have no limitation for both using time and
quota.
However, an important factor which cannot be ignored is the speed. The speed of dial-
up is only 56Kbps and the lowest speed of the broad band is 1Mbps. Due to the speed
limitation if you download a movie online through the dial-up access the telephone bill of
that mouth will be a huge price. Besides, there are three dominance companies—China
telecom, China Unicom and China Tietong which provided broadband internet service in
China. They all aim to help the consumer to enjoy the most favourable network service
with the least money. It is in certain extent promote the development of the free download
in China.
3. The education support
The 21st century is the era of information. Computer operation is the necessary skill for
both daily life and employment.
According to the report of Chinese Research &Teaching network (2005) the computer
education started in 1982 and on that year only 5 middle schools join this test. As time
moves on, the statistic enlarged to 26294 in 1194 and reached 60000 in 1998. The primary
school junior middle and senior middle all accounted one third of the statistic. Furthermore,
from 2001, most of the senior high school in China began to offer IT Curriculum, following
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