698,531 subscriptions, 81st in the world; 1.5% of the population, 130th in the world (2012). Internet hosts: 26,074 hosts, 110th in the world (2012). IPv4: 846,152 addresses allocated as of 27 November 2014, 0.02 percent of the world total, 17.9 addresses per 1,000 people (based on the 2014 population estimate of 47.4 million). Internet services have been available since 1995, but there was no international fiber connectivity available until 2009. Before then, connectivity to the rest of the world, including to neighboring countries, was obtained using satellite networks. The SEACOM and the Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System submarine fiber cable projects were implemented in July 2009 and July 2010, respectively, and brought higher speed Internet connectivity to Tanzania with lower latency and lower cost. This resulted in more than an eight-fold improvement in download speeds from between 90 and 200 kbit/s in mid to late 2008 to between 1.5 and 1.8 Mbit/s in late 2009 with further improvements to between 3.6 and 4.2 Mbit/s in 2013. Internet service providers Some of the Internet Service Providers operating in Tanzania are: Flashnet Green Telecom Limited CTV-Faibafasta SIMPLYCONNECT Afsat Communications Tanzania Limited Arusha Node Marie Benson Online BLINK BY GADGETRONIX Cats-Net Maisha Broadband Kicheko Raha SimbaNet Tansat Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited] (TTCL) University of Dar es Salaam Computing Centre Vizocom ZanLink ComNet-TZ Data operators Some of the data operators in Tanzania are: Flashnet Afsat Communications Tanzania Limited SatCom Networks Africa Limited SimbaNet Startel Tanzania Limited, also known as raha Tansat Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (TTCL). Censorship and surveillance There are no government restrictions on access to the Internet; however, the government monitors websites that criticize the government. Police also monitor the Internet to combat illegal activities. Freedom of speech The constitution provides for freedom of speech, but does not explicitly provide for freedom of the press. A permit is required for reporting on police or prison activities, and journalists need special permission to attend meetings in the Zanzibar House of Representatives. Anyone publishing information accusing a Zanzibari representative of involvement in illegal activities is liable to a fine of not less than TSh (US$158), three years' imprisonment, or both. Nothing in the law specifies whether this penalty stands if the allegation is proven true. Media outlets often practice self-censorship to avoid conflict with the government. The law generally prohibits arbitrary interference with privacy, family, home, or correspondence without a search warrant, but the