RIYADH, 11 February — King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology has opened a branch of its Internet unit in Jeddah. Dr. Ibrahim Al-Fareeh, supervisor of the unit, said that the Jeddah facility would help reduce the pressure on the network and improve Internet services in the country. He added that Internet Service Providers will have the choice to gain access to the network either from Riyadh or Jeddah. The opening of the new branch will help avoid the problem of the network crashing.