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The State Audit Office has assessed whether the national investments in the high-speed and stable Internet-access reach the population. The Ministry of Transport and the Latvian State Radio and Television Centre have invested more than 60 million euros while deploying the Internet infrastructure throughout Latvia, and plan another investment of at least 25 million euros. However, the “last mile” or the link between the network built by the Latvian State Radio and Television Centre and the Internet users themselves, that is, households, businesses, schools and other institutions is missing. When launching the “middle mile” network development project, the Ministry of Transport planned that the electronic communication service providers would develop the last stage to the household. Nevertheless, due to the low solvency of the population and the sparseness of remote regions, service providers are not interested in deploying it. As a result, investments made have not reached households.