It does not include statistics or detailed figures. The purpose of the report is to provide ideas and guidelines that may be used as a basis for a comprehensive study, or to shed light on technical issues related to the subject. 1 Palestinian Internet Usage Patterns. Before one is to is to begin discussing Internet connectivity in Palestine, it is important to define the local Internet community, and the Internet usage patterns. Like most developing countries, the great majority of the Palestinian Internet traffic is outgoing traffic destined to access information outside Palestine.
Local traffic is negligible in comparison.
Electronic mail usage is ever increasing and is one of the most important Internet services. There is a large professional and personal community that has totally integrated electronic mail in their daily communications utilities. A significant percentage of the traffic is consumed by traffic intensive entertainment downloads such as images and video. File transfers use another significant percentage. List serves and mailing lists are not very popular yet.