Connecting the Unconnected -- Sentiment Analysis of Field Survey of Internet Connectivity in Emerging Economies

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06827v1
• Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:23:52 GMT
• Title: Connecting the Unconnected -- Sentiment Analysis of Field Survey of Internet Connectivity in Emerging Economies
• Authors: Dibakar Das, Barath S Narayan, Aarna Bhammar, Jyotsna Bapat,
• Abstract summary: This paper presents an analysis of a field survey of population in some areas of Kathmandu, Nepal.<n>This survey was triggered by intermittent severe congestion of internet in certain areas of the city.<n>Survey pointed to high speed, low cost, reliable and secure internet as a major aspiration of the respondents.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Internet has significantly improved the quality of citizens across the world. Though the internet coverage is quite high, 40% of global population do not have access to broadband internet. This paper presents an analysis of a field survey of population in some areas of Kathmandu, Nepal, an emerging economy. This survey was triggered by intermittent severe congestion of internet in certain areas of the city. People from three different areas were asked about their present experience of internet usage, its impact on their lives and their aspirations for the future. Survey pointed to high speed, low cost, reliable and secure internet as a major aspiration of the respondents. Based on their inputs, this paper presents a sentiment analysis as well as demographic information. Keys insights from this analysis shows that overall sentiment to most queries are positive. The variances of positive sentiments are high whereas those for negative ones are low. Also, some correlations and clusters are observed among the attributes though no dominant component exists in the data.

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