8153.0 - Internet Activity, Australia, Jun 2012 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 09/10/2012   
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs) were asked to report subscriber numbers as at 30 June 2012, according to whether subscribers were classified as Business and government, or Household.

Internet subscribers by sector(a)(b), for ISPs with more than 1,000 subscribers

Jun 2011
Dec 2011
Jun 2012
'000
'000
'000

Dial-up (less than 256kbps)
Business and government
111
96
95
Household
468
379
341
Total dial-up subscribers
579
475
436
Broadband
Business and government
2 089
2 558
2 774
Household
8 239
8 563
8 826
Total broadband subscribers
10 328
11 121
11 600
All subscribers
Business and government
2 200
2 654
2 869
Household
8 707
8 942
9 167
Total number of subscribers
10 906
11 596
12 036

(a) ISPs may reclassify their subscribers from Business and government to Household, or vice versa, or they may report proportions in lieu of actual numbers which may impact upon the reported figures. Readers are advised to use these figures with caution.
(b) Dial-up and broadband figures by sector are collected by advertised download speeds, therefore these data may not equal figures reported for type of access connection, due to some broadband connections being reported as less than 256kbps.


Of the 12.0 million internet subscribers in Australia at the end of June 2012, 76% were classified as Household subscribers, while 24% were Business and government subscribers.

Business and government subscriber numbers increased by 8% from the end of December 2011 to 2.9 million, while the number of Household subscribers increased by 2% to 9.2 million over the same period.

For the Business and government sector, 97% of subscribers accessed the internet via a broadband connection, compared with 96% of Household suscribers.




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