Staff Internet Access Subscription Pattern in Selected Tertiary Institutions in Delta State, Nigeria
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2016
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The general purpose of this research is to investigate Internet access subscription pattern of the staff of four tertiary institutions in Delta State. These include the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun; Delta State University, Abraka; Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun and College of Education, Warri. The specific objectives of this research is to determine the means through which the staff access the Internet, to investigate the subscription pattern, to identify the type of data bundle plans adopted by the staff irrespective of the category of staff , either teaching or non-teaching staff. Random sampling was used to select 200 staff that filled the instrument. Questionnaire was designed in line with objectives which were used as instrument to gather the data. The analyzed data was presented in tables and charts. The research revealed that 140(70%) out of the 200 staff used have personal laptop/desktop computers while 60(30%) do not have their personal laptop but they used their of ice laptop/desktop to access the Internet. The research pointed out that both teaching and non-teaching staff make used of MTN, GLO, Airtel, Etisalat, visaphone, starcoms network and modem among others to access the Internet. It also discovered that the data bundle plan varies from individual staff to another. Nevertheless, majority of the staff used the hourly/daily subscription plan while some used 3GB, 200MB, 100MB data bundle plan among others. The study ascertained that Internet subscription pattern of tertiary institutions varies from one individual to another. The researcher therefore recommends that tertiary institutions staff, secondary and primary school teachers should be encouraged further to make use of the Internet. This could be made easy through financial support via soft loan in acquiring personal laptop and through research grant or allowance that will enable the staff subscribe to the net and purchase data bundles with ease. This on a long run will influence researchers positively, which would bring about better, positive and high intellectual attainment which in turn will help to erase negativity and enthrone positive thinking that will bring greatness to nations especially Nigeria.
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Akpojotor, L. O. and Adogbeji, B. O. (2016), Staff internet access subscription pattern in selected tertiary institutions in Delta State, Nigeria. Journal of applied information science and technology, 9 (1) 18 - http://www.nairaland.com/1491180/wireless-networking-products-build-optimize, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30.