Highlights
In the six months ended 30 September 2007:
- The number of non-analog (broadband) subscribers overtook the number of analog (dial-up) subscribers and became the dominant connection technology for the first time ever.
- Broadband subscribers increased 14.4 percent, to 829,300. However, the growth rate has slowed.
- Of the additional 10.6 broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants in the two years to September 2007, 5.3 subscribers switched from dial-up and 5.3 were new subscribers.
- There was a 47 percent increase in the number of Internet service providers (ISPs) reporting that the cost of international bandwidth had been a barrier to their growth in the past two years.
Geoff Bascand
Government Statistician |
6 March 2008
ISSN 1178-0509 |
There is a companion Media Release published – Internet Service Provider Survey: September 2007.
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