Https, July 14 -- High prices, technological limitations and unreliable connectivity threaten to slow the explosive growth of Nepal's internet market during the COVID-19 lockdown even though everything from recreation to education and employment have gone online.

Latest figures from the Nepal Network Operators' Group (NNOG) show a 35% increase in internet consumption in the past nearly four months of lockdown. In comparison, pre-lockdown growth of the internet market stood at just 23% per year, according the Group's CEO Samit Jana Thing.

"While pre-lockdown internet consumption stood at 1486 gigabytes per second, post-lockdown levels reach as high as 2100 gigabytes per second," says Thing, "We have seen a sharp rise in online entertainm...