8153.0 - Internet Activity, Australia, June 2014 Quality Declaration 
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 07/10/2014   
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ADVERTISED DOWNLOAD SPEED



The advertised download speed range that recorded the highest number of subscribers at 30 June 2014 was the 8Mbps to less than 24Mbps range, with 6.3 million subscribers, a 26% increase from the end of June 2013. Half (50%) of all subscribers have an advertised download speed in the 8Mbps to less than 24Mbps range.

The number of subscribers that accessed the internet at an advertised download speed of 1.5Mbps to less than 8Mbps decreased by 24% to 3.8 million subscribers between 30 June 2013 and 30 June 2014.

More than 2 million subscribers accessed the internet at an advertised internet access speed of 24Mbps or greater.

Internet subscribers by advertised download speed(a), for ISPs with more than 1,000 subscribers

Jun 2013
Dec 2013
Jun 2014
'000
'000
'000

Less than 256kbps
232
210
186
Broadband
256kbps to less than 1.5Mbps
394
332
256
1.5Mbps to less than 8Mbps
r4 971
4 159
3 758
8Mbps to less than 24Mbps
r4 976
5 608
6 252
24Mbps or greater
1 785
2 088
2 030
Total Broadband (256kbps or greater)
12 126
12 187
12 296
Total number of subscribers
12 358
12 397
12 483

(a) 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. For more information refer to the Glossary.

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