The director of the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel) Gedeon Santos says that the country needs new fiber optic connections. He commented that only 22% of Dominican families have computers. Speaking during a wreath laying ceremony at the Altar de la Patria in Parque Independencia in Santo Domingo yesterday Wednesday 19 February, Santos added that only 14% of Dominicans are connected to the Internet. He said that the country requires a big push from the state and the private sector in order to implement projects that spread Internet connectivity. The Indotel director said that he looked forward to the day when every Dominican family had a computer to be connected to the Internet and the world.